Alto saxophone solo · 1959
Ornette Coleman: Bird Food
- Key
- Tempo
- 256 BPM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Free
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- open
Ornette Coleman's solo on “Bird Food” has 608 notes in 118 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from F#3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 256 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
608Notes
118sSolo length
5.2Notes per second
F#3–Ab5Range (26 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -1 ×98
- +1 ×94
- -2 ×88
- -3 ×51
- +2 ×44
- -4 ×41
Changes played over
A1
Record
- Record
- Change of the Century · Atlantic Records · 1992
- Recorded
- 8-9.10.1959
- Line-up
- Ornette Coleman (as); Donald Cherry (p-tp); Charlie Haden (b); Billy Higgins (dr)
- Composer
- Coleman
- Solo length
- 02:48-04:46
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.