Baritone saxophone solo · 1958

Pepper Adams: How High the Moon

Key: G major
Tempo: 116 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A16B16

Pepper Adams's solo on “How High the Moon” has 196 notes in 33 seconds (5.9 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from Ab2 to G4. The average tempo is 116 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

196Notes

33sSolo length

5.9Notes per second

Ab2–G4Range (23 semitones)

58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×31
-2 ×30
-1 ×28
+1 ×24
-3 ×21
+3 ×14

Changes played over

G^maj7

G^m7

C⁷

F^maj7

F^m7

A♯⁷

D♯^maj7

A^m7♭5D⁷

G^m7

G⁷⁹

C^maj7

B^m7A♯⁷

A^m7D⁷

G^maj7

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: Hamilton/Lewis
Solo length: 01:08-01:41

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