ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1941

Charlie Shavers: Limehouse Blues

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
269 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16C16D16

Charlie Shavers's solo on “Limehouse Blues” has 145 notes in 29 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from Ab3 to Bb5. The average tempo is 269 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 46% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

145Notes
29sSolo length
5Notes per second
Ab3–Bb5Range (26 semitones)
46%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×31
  • 0 ×21
  • -2 ×20
  • -3 ×19
  • +3 ×17
  • +1 ×10

Changes played over

A1
D♭79
D♭79
D♭79
D♭79
B♭79
B♭79
B♭79
B♭79
A♭
A♭
C7
Fm
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭7
B1
D♭79
D♭79
D♭79
D♭79
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
A♭
F7
B♭mF7
B♭m
B♭m7♭5
E♭7
A♭
A♭
I1
A♭
A♭

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz -Sidney Bechet - Chant In The Night CD 2 · Trumpets of Jericho Ltd.
Recorded
1941-09-13
Line-up
Sidney Bechet (ss); Charlie Shavers (tp); Willie Smith (p); Everett Barksdale (g); Wellman Braud (b); Manzie Johnson (dr)
Composer
Braham, Furber
Solo length
01:35-02:04

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