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Trumpet solo · 1954

Chet Baker: I Fall in Love Too Easily

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
65 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
1
Form
A8B8

Chet Baker's solo on “I Fall in Love Too Easily” has 129 notes in 58 seconds (2.2 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from A3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 65 BPM with a swing feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

129Notes
58sSolo length
2.2Notes per second
A3–Ab5Range (23 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×27
  • -1 ×19
  • +2 ×18
  • +3 ×13
  • -2 ×12
  • 0 ×9

Changes played over

A1
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Cm7
Dm7♭5G79♭
Cm7
Dm7♭5G79♭
Cm7
D7A♭7911♯
Gmaj7
B1
Am7♭5D79♯
G7
Gm7C7
Fm7C7
Fm7B♭79
D♭7911♯C7
Fm7B♭7913
E♭6
I1

Record

Record
Let's Get Lost · Giants of Jazz · 1996
Recorded
1954-02-15
Line-up
Chet Baker (tp); Russ Freeman (p); Carson Smith (b); Bob Neel (dr)
Composer
Cahn/Styne
Solo length
00:56-01:56

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