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Tenor saxophone solo · 1998

Michael Brecker: Delta City Blues

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
282 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
4
Form
A24

Michael Brecker's solo on “Delta City Blues” has 521 notes in 84 seconds (6.2 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Ab2 to F5. The average tempo is 282 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

521Notes
84sSolo length
6.2Notes per second
Ab2–F5Range (33 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×112
  • -2 ×73
  • +2 ×66
  • -3 ×61
  • +1 ×41
  • +3 ×37

Changes played over

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

Record

Record
Two Blocks from the Edge · Impulse! Records · 1998
Recorded
1998
Line-up
Michael Brecker (ts); Joey Calderazzo (p); James Genus (b); Jeffrey Watts (dr); Don Alias (perc)
Composer
Michael Brecker
Solo length
02:36-04:01

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