Baritone saxophone solo · 1957

Pepper Adams: Just One of Those Things

Key: F major
Tempo: 314 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A16A16B16A16

Pepper Adams's solo on “Just One of Those Things” has 778 notes in 101 seconds (7.7 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from G2 to A4. The average tempo is 314 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

778Notes

101sSolo length

7.7Notes per second

G2–A4Range (26 semitones)

62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×140
-2 ×140
+1 ×115
-1 ×89
+3 ×63
-3 ×59

Changes played over

D^m7

E^m7

A⁷

F⁷

B^m7♭5

B♭^m6

F_/A

A♭⁷

G^m7

C⁷

F⁶

G♭^dim

G^m7

E^m7♭5A^79♯

D^m7

E^m7

A⁷

F⁷

B^m7♭5

B♭^m6

F_/A

A♭⁷

G^m7

C⁷

F⁶

G♭^dim7

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

E^dim

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭⁶

D^m7

G⁷

C⁶

G♭^m7♭5

F^m7

E^m7

E♭^dim

G^m7

E^m7♭5A^79♯

D^m7

E^m7

A⁷

F⁷

B^m7♭5

B♭^m6

F_/A

D⁷

G^m7

C⁷

F^maj7

E^m7♭5

A⁷

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: Cole Porter
Solo length: 01:07-02:48

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