Tenor saxophone solo · 1990

Michael Brecker: Peep

Key
Tempo
320 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
4
Form
A38B34C8

Michael Brecker's solo on “Peep” has 1,010 notes in 146 seconds (6.9 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from Ab2 to Bb5. The average tempo is 320 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

1,010Notes
146sSolo length
6.9Notes per second
Ab2–Bb5Range (38 semitones)
58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×187
  • +2 ×152
  • -2 ×132
  • +1 ×105
  • -3 ×89
  • +3 ×72

Changes played over

A1
D♭maj7911♯/C
D♭maj7911♯/C
Cmj7913
Cmj7913
Cmj7911♯
Cmj7911♯
A♭79/C
A♭79/C
B/C
A♭+j7/C
Cmj7913
Cmj7913
Cmj7911♯
Cmj7911♯
Cm7911
Cm7911
B+79♯
B+79♯
B♭m7913
B♭m7913
F/A
F/A
B♭m7911
B♭m7911
B+79♯
B+79♯
B♭m7913
B♭m7913
Gsus/A
Gsus/A
B♭m7911
B♭m7911
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79
E♭sus79

Record

Record
Now You See It...(Now You Don't) · GRP Records / Stretch Records · 1990
Recorded
1990
Line-up
Michael Brecker (ts); Jim Beard (key); Jon Herrington (g); Don Alias (perc); Victor Bailey (b); Omar Hakim (dr)
Composer
Brecker
Solo length
00:25-02:09

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