ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1944

Buck Clayton: After Theatre Jump

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
176 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Buck Clayton's solo on “After Theatre Jump” has 156 notes in 45 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Ab3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 176 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

156Notes
45sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
Ab3–Ab5Range (24 semitones)
45%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +3 ×24
  • +1 ×22
  • -2 ×20
  • +2 ×16
  • 0 ×15
  • -1 ×11

Changes played over

A1
D♭B♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭D♭7
G♭7G♭m
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
A2
D♭B♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭D♭7
G♭G♭m
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
B1
C7
C7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A3
D♭B♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭D♭7
G♭G♭m
D♭B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
I1
N.C.

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Lester Young, Lester's Be-Bop Boogie CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd.. · 2005
Recorded
1944-03-22
Line-up
Lester Young (ts); Buck Clayton (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Rodney Richardson (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer
Wells
Solo length
01:31-02:15

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