Tenor saxophone solo · 1964

Stan Getz: Body and Soul

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 63 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Stan Getz's solo on “Body and Soul” has 571 notes in 180 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Ab2 to Eb5. The average tempo is 63 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

571Notes

180sSolo length

3.2Notes per second

Ab2–Eb5Range (31 semitones)

62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×120
+1 ×89
-1 ×86
+2 ×55
+3 ×37
-3 ×33

Changes played over

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭⁶F^m7♭5B♭7

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭A⁷

D^maj7E^m7

G♭^m7G^m7

G♭^m7B-7E-7A7

D^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim7

D^m7G⁷

C⁷B♭⁷

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭⁶A⁷

D^maj7E^m7

G♭^m7G^m7

G♭^m7B-7E-7A7

D^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim7

D^m7G⁷

C^7B7B♭7

Record

Record: The Essential Stan Getz · Verve Records · 1992
Recorded: 1964
Line-up: Bill Crow (b); Frank Isola (dr); Jimmy Raney (g); Duke Jordan (p); Stan Getz (ts)
Composer: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length: 00:12-03:13

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