Tenor saxophone solo · 1966

Wayne Shorter: Dolores

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 277 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A8B6A8

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Dolores” has 418 notes in 73 seconds (5.7 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from Eb3 to D5. The average tempo is 277 BPM with a swing feel. About 63% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

418Notes

73sSolo length

5.7Notes per second

Eb3–D5Range (23 semitones)

63%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×78
-1 ×76
+2 ×72
+1 ×36
-3 ×26
0 ×24

Changes played over

D^m7

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

A^m7D⁷

F^m7911

A^m7♭5D⁷

D♭^sus7

G^m7

D⁷

G^m7

F^m79

E♭

G^m7

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

A^m7D⁷

F^m7911

A^m7♭5D⁷

D♭^sus7

Record

Record: Miles Smiles · Columbia · 1967
Recorded: 24-25.10.1966
Line-up: Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (dr)
Composer: Shorter
Solo length: 01:57-03:10

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