Tenor saxophone solo · 1966
Wayne Shorter: Orbits
- Key
- Tempo
- 267 BPM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Postbop
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- open
Wayne Shorter's solo on “Orbits” has 259 notes in 64 seconds (4.1 notes per second), spanning 40 semitones from Ab2 to C6. The average tempo is 267 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
259Notes
64sSolo length
4.1Notes per second
Ab2–C6Range (40 semitones)
45%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -2 ×41
- -1 ×39
- -5 ×28
- +2 ×23
- +5 ×23
- +3 ×17
Changes played over
A1
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
- 01:38-02:43
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.