Tenor saxophone solo · 1996

Joshua Redman: Home Fries

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
181 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
6
Form
A16

Joshua Redman's solo on “Home Fries” has 590 notes in 129 seconds (4.6 notes per second), spanning 41 semitones from A2 to D6. The average tempo is 181 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

590Notes
129sSolo length
4.6Notes per second
A2–D6Range (41 semitones)
53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×94
  • +1 ×80
  • -1 ×79
  • +2 ×57
  • -3 ×56
  • +3 ×51

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
G♭7911♯
F7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
Adim
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Freedom In The Groove · Warner Bros. · 1996
Recorded
1996
Line-up
Peter Bernstein (g); Peter Martin (p); Christopher Thomas (b); Brian Blade (dr); Joshua Redman (ts)
Composer
Joshua Redman
Solo length
00:41-02:51

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