Trumpet solo · 1977

Woody Shaw: Rosewood

Key
Tempo: 172 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Latin/funk
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A16B20A16B16

Woody Shaw's solo on “Rosewood” has 465 notes in 96 seconds (4.9 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from F#3 to D6. The average tempo is 172 BPM with a latin/funk feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

465Notes

96sSolo length

4.9Notes per second

F#3–D6Range (32 semitones)

49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×97
+2 ×69
-3 ×57
0 ×42
-1 ×34
+1 ×28

Changes played over

G^m79F^m79

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭⁷⁹

G^m79F^m79

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭^maj79

A♭^maj79

A♭^m79

D♭⁷⁹G^7911♯

G♭^maj79

B⁷⁹

E^sus79E⁷⁹

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭^maj79E^maj7

D^maj7911♯

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭^maj7E^maj7

D^maj7911♯

B^sus7A^sus7

G^sus7F^sus7

B♭^m7

A^m7911

A^m7911A⁶

A⁶

A⁶B♭⁷⁹

B♭⁷⁹

B♭⁶A♭^m7

G^sus7A♭^sus7

G^m79F^m79

C^m7B♭^m7

G♭^maj79

G^m79F^m79

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭^maj79

A♭^maj79

A♭^m79

D♭⁷⁹G^7911♯

G♭^maj79

B⁷⁹

E⁷⁹

C^m79B♭^m79

C^m79B♭⁷⁹

G♭^maj7E^maj7

D^maj7911♯

C^m79B♭^m79

G♭^maj7E^maj7

E^maj7911♯

C^sus7A♭^sus7

A♭^sus7

C^sus7A♭^sus7

A♭^sus7

C^sus7

A♭^sus7

C^sus7A♭^sus7

Record

Record: Rosewood · Columbia (Legacy) · 1998
Recorded: 1977-12-15
Line-up: Woody Shaw (tp, flgn); Joe Henderson (ts); Onaje Allan Gumbs (p); Clint Houston (b); Victor Lewis (dr)
Composer: Woody Shaw
Solo length: 03:31- 05:08

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