Baritone saxophone solo · 1958

Pepper Adams: Early Morning Mood

Key: G major
Tempo: 60 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A12

Pepper Adams's solo on “Early Morning Mood” has 366 notes in 96 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from G2 to G4. The average tempo is 60 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

366Notes

96sSolo length

3.8Notes per second

G2–G4Range (24 semitones)

50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×58
+1 ×50
-2 ×40
+3 ×37
-3 ×36
-1 ×35

Changes played over

G⁷

C⁷C♯^dim7

G⁷

C⁷

G⁷

B^m7A♯^dim

A^m7

D⁷

G⁷C⁷

D⁷

Record

Record: Chet · Riverside Records · 1959
Recorded: 1958-12-30
Line-up: Chet Baker (tp); Herbie Mann (fl); Pepper Adams (bs); Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); Connie Kay (dr)
Composer: Chet Baker
Solo length: 01:38-03:14

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