Tenor saxophone solo · 1996

Michael Brecker: Midnight Voyage

Key: C minor
Tempo: 126 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B16A8

Michael Brecker's solo on “Midnight Voyage” has 589 notes in 154 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Ab2 to F5. The average tempo is 126 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

589Notes

154sSolo length

3.8Notes per second

Ab2–F5Range (33 semitones)

61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×110
+2 ×99
-1 ×88
+1 ×57
+3 ×53
-3 ×37

Changes played over

C^m6

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m6

A^sus7A⁷

A♭^sus7A♭⁷

G^79♯

C^m

G^79♯

C^m6

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m6

A^sus7A⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

G⁷

C^m

C^79♯

F^m7

G^m7

F^m7

A^79♯

A♭^sus7A♭⁷

G⁷

C^m

C^79♯

F^m7

G^m7

F^m7

A^79♯

E♭^m7A♭⁷

G⁷

C^m

G^79♯

C^m

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

A^sus7A⁷

A♭^sus7A♭⁷

G⁷

C^m

G⁷

Record

Record: Tales from the Hudson · impulse · 1996
Recorded: 1996
Line-up: Michael Brecker (ts); Pat Metheny (g); Joey Calderazzo (p); Dave Holland (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr)
Composer: Joey Calderazzo
Solo length: 01:17-03:51

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