Alto saxophone solo · 1961

Phil Woods: Cotton Tail

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 242 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Phil Woods's solo on “Cotton Tail” has 200 notes in 31 seconds (6.5 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from Eb3 to D5. The average tempo is 242 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

200Notes

31sSolo length

6.5Notes per second

Eb3–D5Range (23 semitones)

53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×32
-1 ×28
+2 ×27
-3 ×18
+1 ×17
+4 ×16

Changes played over

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

B♭^maj7

C^m7F⁷

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

B♭^maj7C^m7F7

B♭^maj7

Record

Record: Further Definitions · Impulse! Records · 1997
Recorded: 1961-11-15
Line-up: Benny Carter (as); Phil Woods (as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Charlie Rouse (ts); John Collins (g); Dick Katz (p); Jimmy Garrison (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer: Duke Ellington

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