Trumpet solo · 1956
Clifford Brown: I'll Remember April
- Key
- G major
- Tempo
- 285 BPM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Hardbop
- Choruses
- 2
- Form
- A16B16A16
Clifford Brown's solo on “I'll Remember April” has 590 notes in 82 seconds (7.2 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from F3 to Bb5. The average tempo is 285 BPM with a swing feel. About 68% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
590Notes
82sSolo length
7.2Notes per second
F3–Bb5Range (29 semitones)
68%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- +1 ×106
- -1 ×102
- -2 ×101
- +2 ×90
- -3 ×51
- +3 ×43
Changes played over
A1
B1
A2
Record
- Record
- Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (Disc 10) · Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.0 · 1989
- Recorded
- 1956-02-16
- Line-up
- Clifford Brown (tp); Sonny Rollins (ts); Richie Powell (p); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (dr)
- Composer
- Raye/DePaul/Johnston
- Solo length
- 01:41-03:03
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.