ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1964

Wayne Shorter: Juju

Key
B major
Tempo
178 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Postbop
Choruses
7
Form
A24

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Juju” has 730 notes in 170 seconds (4.3 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from Ab2 to G5. The average tempo is 178 BPM with a latin feel. About 63% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

730Notes
170sSolo length
4.3Notes per second
Ab2–G5Range (35 semitones)
63%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×207
  • +2 ×148
  • 0 ×62
  • +1 ×54
  • -3 ×47
  • -1 ×42

Changes played over

A1
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A♯+7
A7
A7
G♯maj7
G♯maj7
Em7
Em7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Bm7
Bm7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Bm7
Bm7

Record

Record
The Blue Note Years - The Best of Wayne Shorter · Blue Note · 1988
Recorded
1964-08-03
Line-up
McCoy Tyner (p); Reggie Workman (b); Elvin Jones (dr); Wayne Shorter (ts)
Composer
Wayne Shorter
Solo length
02:37-05:29

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