ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1957

Johnny Hodges: Early Morning Rock

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
176 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Johnny Hodges's solo on “Early Morning Rock” has 117 notes in 34 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 18 semitones from G3 to C#5. The average tempo is 176 BPM with a swing feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

117Notes
34sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
G3–C#5Range (18 semitones)
47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×17
  • +1 ×16
  • +2 ×13
  • -3 ×11
  • +3 ×10
  • -2 ×9

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
F7
B♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Jazz Masters 35 · PolyGram Records, Inc. · 1994
Recorded
1957-09-03
Line-up
Ray Nance (tp, voc); Cat Anderson (tp); Harold Baker (tp); Willie Cook (tp); Clark Terry (tp); Quentin Jackson (tb); John Sanders (tb); Britt Woodman (tb); Russell Procope (cl, as); Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (bs); Billy Strayhorn (p, arr); Jimmy Woode (b); Sam Woodyard (dr)
Composer
Johnny Hodges

Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.