ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1966

Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple

Key
G♯ minor
Tempo
174 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Postbop
Choruses
4
Form
A16B8

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Adam's Apple” has 351 notes in 132 seconds (2.7 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from D3 to F5. The average tempo is 174 BPM with a latin feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

351Notes
132sSolo length
2.7Notes per second
D3–F5Range (27 semitones)
53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×80
  • -2 ×60
  • +3 ×37
  • 0 ×30
  • -1 ×27
  • -4 ×21

Changes played over

A1
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
F♯7
F♯7
F♯7
F♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯7
G♯m7
C♯7913
A♯m7
D♯7
G♯m
G♯m
A♯m7/D♯
A♯m7/D♯

Record

Record
Adam's Apple · Blue Note · 1987
Recorded
1966-02-24
Line-up
Herbie Hancock (p); Reginald Workman (b); Joe Chambers (dr); Wayne Shorter (ts)
Composer
Wayne Shorter
Solo length
01:21-03:35

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