ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1938

Chu Berry: Body and Soul

Key
C major
Tempo
93 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Chu Berry's solo on “Body and Soul” has 122 notes in 36 seconds (3.4 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from D3 to D5. The average tempo is 93 BPM with a swing feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

122Notes
36sSolo length
3.4Notes per second
D3–D5Range (24 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×23
  • -1 ×16
  • +3 ×12
  • -3 ×12
  • +1 ×11
  • +2 ×11

Changes played over

B1
Dmaj7Em7
D/G♭Gm7C7
G♭m7B-7E-7A7
Dmaj7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7E♭m
Dm7G7
C7B7B♭7
A3
E♭m7B♭79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Em7♭5
E♭m7
A♭F7
B♭m7

Record

Record
The Chronological Classics: Chu Berry 1937-1941 · Classic Records · 1994
Recorded
1938-11-11
Line-up
Roy Eldridge (tp); Chu Berry (ts); Clyde Hart (p); Danny Barker (g); Artie Shapiro (b); Sidney Catlett (dr)
Composer
Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length
03:00-03:35

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