Soprano saxophone solo · 1957

Steve Lacy: Alone Together

Key: D major
Tempo: 135 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A14A14B8A8

Steve Lacy's solo on “Alone Together” has 204 notes in 79 seconds (2.6 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from A3 to C6. The average tempo is 135 BPM with a swing feel. About 42% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

204Notes

79sSolo length

2.6Notes per second

A3–C6Range (27 semitones)

42%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-3 ×30
-1 ×26
-2 ×26
+2 ×19
0 ×16
+3 ×16

Changes played over

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

A^m7♭5D^79♭

G^m7

B^m7E⁷

G^m7C⁷

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^maj7

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

A^m7♭5D^79♭

G^m7

B^m7E⁷

G^m7C⁷

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^maj7

A^m7♭5

D^79♭

G^m6

G^m7♭5

C^79♭

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

E^m7♭5A^79♭

D^m6

A♯⁷A⁷

D^m6

E^m7♭5A⁷

Record

Record: Steve Lacy featuring Roswell Rudd, Don Cherry, Carl Brown, Bill Higgins, Winton Kelly, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles and Henry Grimes · Giants of Jazz · 1995
Recorded: 1957-11-01
Line-up: Steve Lacy (ss); Wynton Kelly (p); Buell Neidlinger (b); Dennis Charles (dr)
Solo length: 02:51-04:10

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