Tenor saxophone solo · 1964

Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

Key: C minor
Tempo: 143 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A14A14B8A14

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Speak No Evil” has 452 notes in 168 seconds (2.7 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from A2 to F#5. The average tempo is 143 BPM with a swing feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

452Notes

168sSolo length

2.7Notes per second

A2–F#5Range (33 semitones)

48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×76
0 ×65
+1 ×50
+2 ×45
-3 ×45
-1 ×40

Changes played over

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

E^m7911A⁺⁷

D^m7911G⁺⁷

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

E^m7911A⁺⁷

D^m7911G⁺⁷

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

C^m7A♭⁷

A♭⁷

G^m7G♭^m7♭5

G♭^m7♭5

F^m7B♭^m7♭5

B♭^m7♭5

E♭⁷D♭⁷

D♭⁷

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

C^m7

D♭^maj7

E^m7911A⁺⁷

D^m7911G⁺⁷

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

A^m7♭5

B♭^m7

Record

Record: The Blue Note Years - The Best of Wayne Shorter · Blue Note · 1988
Recorded: 1964-12-24
Line-up: Elvin Jones (dr); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Solo length: 01:31-04:20

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