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Tenor saxophone solo · 1957

Stan Getz: Blues in the Closet

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
243 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
16
Form
A12

Stan Getz's solo on “Blues in the Closet” has 905 notes in 188 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 37 semitones from Bb2 to B5. The average tempo is 243 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

905Notes
188sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
Bb2–B5Range (37 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×132
  • +1 ×128
  • -3 ×95
  • -1 ×93
  • +2 ×91
  • +3 ×89

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House · Polydor K.K · 1995
Recorded
1957-09-29
Line-up
Stan Getz (ts); J.J. Johnson (tb); Oscar Peterson (p); Herb Ellis (g); Ray Brown (b); Connie Kay (dr)
Composer
Pettiford
Solo length
03:54-07:03

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