ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1954

Lee Konitz: Mean to Me

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
139 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Lee Konitz's solo on “Mean to Me” has 556 notes in 139 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from G3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 139 BPM with a swing feel. About 64% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

556Notes
139sSolo length
4Notes per second
G3–Ab5Range (25 semitones)
64%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×111
  • -1 ×89
  • +2 ×81
  • +1 ×72
  • +3 ×57
  • -3 ×45

Changes played over

B1
A♭maj7
B♭7E♭7
A♭maj7
D♭7C7
Fm7
D♭7C7
F7
Fm7B♭7
A3
E♭maj7Edim
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7D♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7

Record

Record
Jazz Edition, Quadromania, Lee Konitz, Sax of a Kind CD 4 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1954-08-06
Line-up
Lee Konitz (as); Ronnie Ball (p); Peter Ind (b); Jeff Morton (dr)
Composer
Turk - Ahlert
Solo length
00:25-02:45

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