ENDEIT

Soprano saxophone solo · 1961

Steve Lacy: Let's Cool One

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
132 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Steve Lacy's solo on “Let's Cool One” has 352 notes in 115 seconds (3.1 notes per second), spanning 39 semitones from Ab3 to B6. The average tempo is 132 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

352Notes
115sSolo length
3.1Notes per second
Ab3–B6Range (39 semitones)
45%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×50
  • +1 ×45
  • +2 ×42
  • 0 ×34
  • -3 ×28
  • +3 ×26

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Fm7G-7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭C7
Fm7B♭7
A2
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Fm7G-7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭
E♭
B1
B♭m7
E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
Cm7
F7
Fm7
B♭7
A3
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Fm7G-7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭
E♭

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
1961-11-14
Line-up
Steve Lacy (ss); Don Cherry (trp); Carl Brown (b). Billy Higgins (dr)
Composer
Thelonious Monk
Solo length
02:55-04:51

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