ENDEIT

Soprano saxophone solo · 1957

Steve Lacy: Work

Key
Tempo
166 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8

Steve Lacy's solo on “Work” has 308 notes in 93 seconds (3.3 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from Ab3 to C6. The average tempo is 166 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

308Notes
93sSolo length
3.3Notes per second
Ab3–C6Range (28 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×45
  • +1 ×37
  • -2 ×36
  • +2 ×33
  • 0 ×28
  • -3 ×25

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
F7E7
E♭7
D7
D7
A2
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
F7E7
E♭7
D7
D7
B1
Dm7G7
G7
C7
C7
Cm7
F7
E7A7913♭
A♭7alt
A3
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
F7E7
E♭7
D7
D7

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
Thelonious Monk
Solo length
00:50-02:23

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