Tenor saxophone solo · 1990

Michael Brecker: Never Alone

Key: A♭ major
Tempo: 49 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Ballad
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A20B25

Michael Brecker's solo on “Never Alone” has 323 notes in 91 seconds (3.6 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from Ab2 to G5. The average tempo is 49 BPM with a ballad feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

323Notes

91sSolo length

3.6Notes per second

Ab2–G5Range (35 semitones)

57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×53
-2 ×46
-1 ×43
+3 ×41
+1 ×39
-4 ×20

Changes played over

A♭

B♭_/A♭C_/A♭

G♭_/B♭E♭_/G

C_/A♭F^m_/A♭

A♭^susA^maj7911♯_/A♭

A♭^79♭13N.C.

G♭^sus7913E♭^m7911E-7911

D♭^sus7913G^79♯13

C^m7911G⁷⁹¹³

E♭^mj7B♭^79♯

E♭^mj7D^+79♯

G^m7911D^+79♯

G^m7911G^+79♯

C^m7911G⁷⁹¹³

E♭^mj7B♭^79♯

E♭^mj7D^+79♯

A♭

Record

Record: Now You See It...(Now You Don't) · GPR Records · 1990
Recorded: 1990
Line-up: Michael Brecker (ts); Jon Herington (g); Joey Calderazzo (p); Jim Beard (key, synth); Victor Bailey (b); Jay Anderson (b); Adam Nussbaum (dr)
Composer: Michael Brecker
Solo length: 02:05-03:37

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