Soprano saxophone solo · 1957

Steve Lacy: Easy to Love

Key: G major
Tempo: 166 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 4
Form: A16A16

Steve Lacy's solo on “Easy to Love” has 697 notes in 188 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from G3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 166 BPM with a swing feel. About 38% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

697Notes

188sSolo length

3.7Notes per second

G3–Eb6Range (32 semitones)

38%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×77
-4 ×76
+3 ×73
+2 ×69
-2 ×65
-3 ×62

Changes played over

A^m7

D^m7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

C⁷⁹

B^m7

E^79♭

A^m7

D⁷⁹

G^maj7

B^m7E⁷

A^m7

D⁷

B^m7

B^m7E^79♭

A^m7

D^m7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

C⁷⁹

B^m7

E^79♭

A^m7

C^m7F⁷

G^maj7

A♯^dim7

A^m7

D⁷

B^m7♭5E^79♭

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)
Composer: Cole Porter
Solo length: 00:55-04:02

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