Alto saxophone solo · 1986
Benny Carter: Sweet Lorraine
- Key
- G major
- Tempo
- 92 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Swing
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- A8A8B8A8
Benny Carter's solo on “Sweet Lorraine” has 363 notes in 89 seconds (4.1 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from D3 to G5. The average tempo is 92 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
363Notes
89sSolo length
4.1Notes per second
D3–G5Range (29 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -1 ×51
- +1 ×50
- +3 ×41
- -2 ×41
- +2 ×40
- -3 ×39
Changes played over
A1
A2
B1
A3
Record
- Record
- Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson · Pablo Records · 1987
- Recorded
- 1986-11-14
- Line-up
- Benny Carter (as); Oscar Peterson (p); Joe Pass (g); Dave Young (b); Martin Drew (dr)
- Composer
- Mitchel Parish / Cliff Burwell
- Solo length
- 01:34-03:00
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.