ENDEIT

Soprano saxophone solo · 1958

Steve Lacy: Ask Me Now

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
85 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Steve Lacy's solo on “Ask Me Now” has 189 notes in 89 seconds (2.1 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from A3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 85 BPM with a swing feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

189Notes
89sSolo length
2.1Notes per second
A3–Eb6Range (30 semitones)
52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×35
  • +1 ×28
  • -2 ×19
  • +3 ×15
  • -1 ×15
  • -3 ×13

Changes played over

A1
Gm7C7F♯-7B7
Fm7B♭7E-7A7
E♭m7A♭7
B7B♭7
E♭7D7
D♭maj7E♭7
E♭m7A♭7
Fm7E7Eb-7D7
A2
Gm7C7F♯-7B7
Fm7B♭7E-7A7
E♭m7A♭7
B7B♭7
E♭7D7
D♭maj7E♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭
B1
E♭m7A♭
D♭maj7Em7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭maj7
B♭m7E♭7
E♭7B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭m7G♭7
A3
Gm7C7F♯-7B7
Fm7B♭7E-7A7
E♭m7A♭7
B7B♭7
E♭7D7
D♭maj7E♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭

Record

Record
Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk - Reflections · Original Jazz Classics/Prestige New Jazz · 1990
Recorded
1958-10-17
Line-up
Steve Lacy (ss); Mal Waldron (p); Buell Neidlinger (b); Elvin Jones (dr)
Composer
Thelonious Monk
Solo length
03:10-04:35

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