ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1964

Paul Desmond: The Girl from East 9th Street

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
142 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Cool
Choruses
2
Form
A8B8A8B8

Paul Desmond's solo on “The Girl from East 9th Street” has 272 notes in 109 seconds (2.5 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from A3 to G5. The average tempo is 142 BPM with a latin feel. About 38% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

272Notes
109sSolo length
2.5Notes per second
A3–G5Range (22 semitones)
38%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×38
  • 0 ×31
  • +2 ×26
  • -3 ×25
  • +3 ×24
  • -1 ×20

Changes played over

A1
A♭
D♭7
Cm7
Cm7F7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
B1
D♭
D♭
D♭m7
D♭m7G♭7
Bm7
E7
A7
B♭m7E♭7
A2
A♭7
D♭7
Cm7
Cm7F7
B♭m7
E♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
B2
D♭7
D♭m7G♭7
B
F7
B♭m7
E♭7
A♭
E♭7

Record

Record
Bossa Antigua · Rca Victor · 1999
Recorded
1964-08-20
Line-up
Paul Desmond (as); Jim Hall (g); Eugen Wright (b); Connie Kay (dr)
Composer
Paul Desmond
Solo length
01:09-02:57

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