ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Warne Marsh: Wow

Key
F major
Tempo
175 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
1
Form
A8B8A8B8

Warne Marsh's solo on “Wow” has 109 notes in 22 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Eb3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 175 BPM with a swing feel. About 67% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

109Notes
22sSolo length
5Notes per second
Eb3–Eb5Range (24 semitones)
67%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×36
  • -1 ×20
  • +3 ×12
  • +4 ×9
  • +1 ×8
  • +2 ×8

Changes played over

A1
Gm
C7
F
AmA♭maj7
Gmaj7
E79♭
Am
DmD7
A2
Gm
C79♭
F
AmA♭maj7
Gmaj7
C7
FC
F
AmA♭maj7

Record

Record
Sax of a Kind · Membran Music 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)
Solo length
01:27-01:51

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