Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Coleman Hawkins: It's Only a Papermoon

Key: F major
Tempo: 134 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Coleman Hawkins's solo on “It's Only a Papermoon” has 257 notes in 58 seconds (4.5 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from B2 to C5. The average tempo is 134 BPM with a swing feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

257Notes

58sSolo length

4.5Notes per second

B2–C5Range (25 semitones)

59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×45
-2 ×44
+2 ×33
-1 ×28
-3 ×23
+3 ×20

Changes played over

F⁶D⁷

G^m7C^7NC

F⁶

F⁷N.C.

B♭⁶G^m7♭5

C⁷

F⁶C⁷

F⁶D⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶

F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7♭5

C⁷

F⁶

B♭B^dim

F_/CD⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶F⁷

B♭B^dim

F_/CD⁷

A^m7♭5D⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶D⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶

F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7♭5

C⁷

F⁶

Record

Record: Quadromania Jazz Edition, Coleman Hawkins, Dear Old Southland, CD 3 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1949-12-21
Line-up: Coleman Hawkins (ts); Nat Peck (tb); Hubert Fol (as); Jean Paul Mengon (p); Peirre Michelat (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer: Arlen, Rose, Harburg
Solo length: 01:04-02:02

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