Tenor saxophone solo · 1939

Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 95 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Coleman Hawkins's solo on “Body and Soul” has 635 notes in 167 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Bb2 to F5. The average tempo is 95 BPM with a swing feel. About 38% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

635Notes

167sSolo length

3.8Notes per second

Bb2–F5Range (31 semitones)

38%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-3 ×94
+3 ×81
-2 ×73
+2 ×58
-1 ×57
+1 ×48

Changes played over

E♭^mD⁺⁷

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7E♭^m7

F^m7E^dim

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5B⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭^maj7F^{m7♭5B♭79♭}

E♭^mD⁺⁷

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^m7E♭^m7

F^m7E^dim

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5B⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭E^m7A7

D^maj7E^m7

B^m7F♯G-7C7

G♭^m7B-7E-7A7

D^maj7G♭^m7E-7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim

D^m7G⁷

C^{7B7Bbsus7B♭7}

E♭^mB⁺⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim

E♭^m7

A♭⁷A^dim

A^dimE♭^m7Ab+7

A♭⁺⁷F^m7♭5B♭7

Record

Record: Dear Old Southland · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1939-10-11
Line-up: Coleman Hawkins (ts); Tommy Lindsay (tp); Joe Guy (tp); Earl Hardy (tb); Jackie Fields (as); Eustis Morre (as); Gene Rodgers (p); William Oscar Smith (b); Arthur Herbert (dr); Thelma Carpenter (voc)
Composer: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length: 00:05-02:55

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