ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1954

Clifford Brown: A Night in Tunisia

Key
D minor
Tempo
190 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
3
Form
A8A8B8A8

Clifford Brown's solo on “A Night in Tunisia” has 624 notes in 120 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from A3 to F#6. The average tempo is 190 BPM with a swing feel. About 64% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

624Notes
120sSolo length
5.2Notes per second
A3–F#6Range (33 semitones)
64%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×106
  • +1 ×100
  • -1 ×98
  • +2 ×95
  • -3 ×50
  • +3 ×45

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6
A2
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6
B1
Am7♭5
D79♭
Gm7
Gm7
Cm7♭5
C79♭
Fmaj7
Em7♭5A7
A3
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
E♭7
Dm6
Em7♭5A7
Dm6

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Clifford Brown, Easy Living, CD 4 · Membran International · 2005
Recorded
1954-02-21
Line-up
Clifford Brown (tp); Lou Donaldson (as); Horace Silver (p); Curley Russell (b); Art Blakey (dr)
Composer
Dizzie Gillespie

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