ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1939

Buck Clayton: Dickie's Dream

Key
C minor
Tempo
231 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Buck Clayton's solo on “Dickie's Dream” has 161 notes in 34 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from G3 to G5. The average tempo is 231 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

161Notes
34sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
G3–G5Range (24 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×42
  • 0 ×25
  • -2 ×21
  • +1 ×20
  • +2 ×16
  • -3 ×8

Changes played over

A1
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
A2
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
B1
C7
C7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
DmG7
A3
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7
I1
CmCm/B♭
A♭G7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Lester Young, Lester's Be-Bop Boogie CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd.. · 2005
Recorded
1939-09-05
Line-up
Lester Young (ts); Buck Clayton (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer
Basie-Young
Solo length
00:38-01:11

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