ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1987

Woody Shaw: Imagination

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
60 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Postbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A14

Woody Shaw's solo on “Imagination” has 349 notes in 155 seconds (2.3 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from G3 to Bb5. The average tempo is 60 BPM with a latin feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

349Notes
155sSolo length
2.3Notes per second
G3–Bb5Range (27 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×59
  • -2 ×56
  • -1 ×51
  • +1 ×44
  • -3 ×26
  • +3 ×24

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7A♭79
Gm7♭5C7
FmC+7
Fm7B♭7
G7C7
Fm7B♭7
A2
E♭maj7Edim7
Fm7
E♭maj7A♭maj7
Gm7♭5C7
FmC+7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
B♭m7E♭79
B1
A♭maj7Fm7
Am7D7
Gm7
Em7♭5A79♭
Dm7Gm7
Cm7F7
F7
B♭+7
C1
E♭maj7Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7A♭79
Gm7♭5C7
Fm7C+7
Fm7B♭7
G7D♭7911♯
C7
FmB7911♯
B♭sus79B♭7
E♭6E♭sus
E♭6E♭sus
E♭6E♭sus
E♭6E♭sus
E♭sus
E♭sus

Record

Record
Imagination · 32 Jazz · 1998
Recorded
1987-06-24
Line-up
Kirk Lightsey (p); Steve Turre (tb); Ray Drummond (b); Carl Allen (dr); Woody Shaw (tp)
Composer
J. VanHuesen/J. Burke
Solo length
02:55-05:32

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