ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1996

Michael Brecker: Cabin Fever

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
300 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
16
Form
A12

Michael Brecker's solo on “Cabin Fever” has 1,122 notes in 154 seconds (7.3 notes per second), spanning 40 semitones from Ab2 to C6. The average tempo is 300 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

1,122Notes
154sSolo length
7.3Notes per second
Ab2–C6Range (40 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×208
  • -2 ×169
  • +2 ×119
  • +1 ×109
  • -3 ×106
  • +3 ×86

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
Tales from the Hudson · Impulse! Records · 1996
Recorded
1996
Line-up
Michael Brecker (ts); Pat Metheny (g); Joey Calderazzo (p); Dave Holland (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr);
Composer
Michael Brecker

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