ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1966

Wayne Shorter: Footprints

Key
C minor
Tempo
136 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
4
Form
A12

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Footprints” has 440 notes in 127 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from A2 to G5. The average tempo is 136 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

440Notes
127sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
A2–G5Range (34 semitones)
56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×91
  • +2 ×74
  • +3 ×53
  • -1 ×41
  • +1 ×39
  • -3 ×37

Changes played over

A1
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Fm7
Fm7
Cm7
Cm7
B1
G♭m7♭5F7913
Em7♭5A7alt
Cm7
Cm7

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
01:45-03:24

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