Tenor saxophone solo · 1949
Warne Marsh: Crosscurrent
- Key
- F major
- Tempo
- 258 BPM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Cool
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- A8B8C8A8
Warne Marsh's solo on “Crosscurrent” has 196 notes in 29 seconds (6.7 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from C#3 to D5. The average tempo is 258 BPM with a swing feel. About 77% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
196Notes
29sSolo length
6.7Notes per second
C#3–D5Range (25 semitones)
77%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -2 ×52
- -1 ×39
- +2 ×37
- +1 ×22
- +3 ×15
- -3 ×8
Changes played over
A1
A2
B1
A3
Record
- Record
- Sax of a Kind · Membran Musc Ltd. · 2005
- Recorded
- 1949-03-04
- Line-up
- Wayne Marsh (ts); Billy Bauer (g); Arnold Fishkin (b); Harold Granowsky (dr); Lennie Tristano (p); Lee Konitz (as)
- Composer
- Lennie Tristano
- Solo length
- 01:30-02:00
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.