ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1954

Clifford Brown: Stompin' at the Savoy

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
164 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A16B8A8

Clifford Brown's solo on “Stompin' at the Savoy” has 410 notes in 93 seconds (4.4 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from G3 to C#6. The average tempo is 164 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

410Notes
93sSolo length
4.4Notes per second
G3–C#6Range (30 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×75
  • +1 ×65
  • -1 ×55
  • +3 ×42
  • +2 ×39
  • -3 ×33

Changes played over

A1
D♭maj7
D♭maj7A♭7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7Ddim
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
A2
D♭maj7
D♭maj7A♭7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7Ddim
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6
D♭7
B1
G♭7G7
G♭7
B7C7
B7
E7F7
E7
A7
A♭7
A3
D♭maj7
D♭maj7A♭7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7Ddim
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6
E♭m7A♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Clifford Brown, Easy Living, CD 3 · Membran International · 2005
Recorded
1954-08-03
Line-up
Clifford Brown (tp); Harold Land (ts); Richie Powell (p); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (dr)
Composer
Goodman, Webb, Samson
Solo length
02:27-04:01

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