Alto saxophone solo · 1955

Lee Konitz: All the Things You Are

Key: A♭ major
Tempo: 193 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 3
Form: A8B8C8D12

Lee Konitz's solo on “All the Things You Are” has 686 notes in 151 seconds (4.5 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Eb3 to C6. The average tempo is 193 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

686Notes

151sSolo length

4.5Notes per second

Eb3–C6Range (33 semitones)

58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×136
+1 ×105
+2 ×79
-1 ×79
-3 ×73
+3 ×62

Changes played over

F^m7

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

D♭^maj7

G⁷

C^maj7

C^m7

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

A♭^maj7

D⁷

G^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

G♭^m7

B⁷

E^maj7

C⁺⁷

F^m7

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

D♭^maj7

D♭^m7

C^m7

B^dim7

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

G⁷C⁷

Record

Record: Jazz Edition, Quadromania, Lee Konitz, Sax of a Kind CD 4 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1955-06-11
Line-up: Lee Konitz (as); Lennie Tristano (p); Gene Ramey (b); Arhur Taylor (dr)
Composer: J. Kern, O. Hammerstein
Solo length: 00:29-02:59

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