ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1992

Joshua Redman: Blues on Sunday

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
133 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
6
Form
A12

Joshua Redman's solo on “Blues on Sunday” has 619 notes in 134 seconds (4.6 notes per second), spanning 44 semitones from Ab2 to E6. The average tempo is 133 BPM with a swing feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

619Notes
134sSolo length
4.6Notes per second
Ab2–E6Range (44 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×94
  • -1 ×91
  • -2 ×64
  • +2 ×63
  • +3 ×63
  • -3 ×60

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7

Record

Record
Joshua Redman · Warner Bros. · 1993
Recorded
1992
Line-up
Kevin Hays (p); Christian McBride (b); Gergory Hutchinson (dr); Joshua Redman (ts)
Composer
Joshua Redman
Solo length
00:44-02:55

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