Trumpet solo · 1955

Clifford Brown: Sandu

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
140 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Clifford Brown's solo on “Sandu” has 201 notes in 45 seconds (4.5 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from A3 to G5. The average tempo is 140 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

201Notes
45sSolo length
4.5Notes per second
A3–G5Range (22 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×35
  • -2 ×32
  • -1 ×28
  • +1 ×27
  • -3 ×19
  • +3 ×18

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭7Cm7
Fm7B♭7

Record

Record
Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (Disc 9) · Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.0 · 1989
Recorded
1955-02-25
Line-up
Clifford Brown (tp); Harold Land (ts); Richie Powell (p); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (dr)
Composer
Clifford Brown
Solo length
00:39-01:25

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