ENDEIT

Baritone saxophone solo · 1957

Pepper Adams: A Night in Tunisia

Key
D minor
Tempo
128 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Pepper Adams's solo on “A Night in Tunisia” has 863 notes in 118 seconds (7.3 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from F#2 to A4. The average tempo is 128 BPM with a latin feel. About 65% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

863Notes
118sSolo length
7.3Notes per second
F#2–A4Range (27 semitones)
65%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×191
  • +1 ×163
  • -2 ×137
  • -1 ×67
  • -3 ×64
  • +3 ×48

Changes played over

A1
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6
A2
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6
B1
Am7♭5
D79♭
Gm6
Gm7C7
Gm7♭5
C79♭
F6
Em7♭5A7
A3
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6

Record

Record
The Cooker · Blue Note · 1958
Recorded
1957-09-29
Line-up
Lee Morgan (tp); Pepper Adams (bs); Bobby Timmons (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Composer
Dizzie Gillespie
Solo length
03:42-05:42

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