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Soprano saxophone solo · 1958

Steve Lacy: Skippy

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
267 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
3
Form
A16B16

Steve Lacy's solo on “Skippy” has 582 notes in 87 seconds (6.7 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from Bb3 to D6. The average tempo is 267 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

582Notes
87sSolo length
6.7Notes per second
Bb3–D6Range (28 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×110
  • -1 ×108
  • -2 ×103
  • +3 ×50
  • -3 ×44
  • +4 ×43

Changes played over

A1
D7G7
C7F7
B♭7A7
A♭7D♭7
G♭7F7
B♭7A7
A♭7
G7
G♭7F7
E7E♭7
A♭7G7
G♭7F7
B♭7A7
A♭7D♭7
G♭7B7
E7A7
B1
D7G7
C7F7
B♭7A7
A♭7D♭7
G♭7F7
B♭7A7
A♭7D♭7
G♭7
D♭7C7B7B♭7
A7A♭7G7G♭7
B7B♭7A7A♭7
G7G♭7F7E7
B♭m7E♭7
B♭m7E♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭

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
00:30-01:57

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