ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Coleman Hawkins: Sophisticated Lady

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
68 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Coleman Hawkins's solo on “Sophisticated Lady” has 696 notes in 174 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from B2 to D5. The average tempo is 68 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

696Notes
174sSolo length
4Notes per second
B2–D5Range (27 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×141
  • +2 ×107
  • -2 ×93
  • -1 ×90
  • -3 ×62
  • +3 ×53

Changes played over

A1
B♭m7
G♭7F7E7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7G7G♭7F7
B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7F79♭
A2
B♭m7
G♭7F7E7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7G7G♭7F7
B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7911♯D79♭
B1
Gmaj7Em7
Am7D7
G7A♭dim7
Am7D7
Gmaj7Em7
Am7D7
G7Cm7
E♭7Cm7♭5F79♭
A3
B♭m7
G♭7F7E7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7G7G♭7F7
B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7F79♭
B2
Gmaj7Bm7
Am7F7D7E♭7
G7A♭dim7
Am7G7D7F7
Gmaj7Em7
Am7D7
G7Cm7
E♭7Cm7♭5F79♭
A4
B♭m7
G♭7F7E7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭7G7G♭7F7
B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
I1
A♭maj7

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); Jean Paul Mengon (p); Peirre Michelat (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer
Ellington
Solo length
00:13-03:07

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