ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1987

Woody Shaw: Steve's Blues

Key
F major
Tempo
206 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
5
Form
A12

Woody Shaw's solo on “Steve's Blues” has 296 notes in 70 seconds (4.3 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from A3 to C6. The average tempo is 206 BPM with a swing feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

296Notes
70sSolo length
4.3Notes per second
A3–C6Range (27 semitones)
59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×56
  • -2 ×49
  • +2 ×43
  • +3 ×28
  • +1 ×26
  • -3 ×26

Changes played over

A1
F7
B♭7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
Am7D7
Gm7
C7
F7
C7

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
S. Turre
Solo length
01:35-02:46

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