ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1964

Wayne Shorter: Eighty-One

Key
F major
Tempo
138 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
5
Form
A12

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Eighty-One” has 375 notes in 102 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from C3 to F5. The average tempo is 138 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

375Notes
102sSolo length
3.7Notes per second
C3–F5Range (29 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×73
  • +2 ×61
  • +1 ×37
  • -1 ×31
  • -3 ×30
  • +3 ×27

Changes played over

A1
Fsus7
B♭sus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
B♭sus7
B♭sus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Csus7
B♭sus7
Fsus7
Fsus7

Record

Record
E.S.P. · Columbia · 1991
Recorded
September 1964?
Line-up
Wayne Shorter (ts); Tony Williams (dr); Ron Carter (b); Herbie Hancock (p); Miles Davis (tp)
Composer
Carter/Davis
Solo length
02:49-04:32

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