Piano solo · 1956

Red Garland: Oleo

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 265 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Red Garland's solo on “Oleo” has 380 notes in 59 seconds (6.4 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from C2 to A4. The average tempo is 265 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

380Notes

59sSolo length

6.4Notes per second

C2–A4Range (33 semitones)

58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×72
-2 ×62
-1 ×49
+3 ×40
+2 ×35
-3 ×32

Changes played over

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7F⁷

B^maj7

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7F⁷

B♭^maj7

Record

Record: Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet · Prestige · 1958
Recorded: 1956-10-26
Line-up: Miles Davis (tp); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr); John Coltrane (ts)
Composer: Sonny Rollins

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