Tenor saxophone solo · 1954

Coleman Hawkins: Stompin' at the Savoy

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 250 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A16B8A8

Coleman Hawkins's solo on “Stompin' at the Savoy” has 346 notes in 62 seconds (5.6 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from C#3 to C#5. The average tempo is 250 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

346Notes

62sSolo length

5.6Notes per second

C#3–C#5Range (24 semitones)

56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×71
-2 ×46
-3 ×43
-1 ×41
+2 ×34
+3 ×28

Changes played over

GD^7G

C⁷⁹

GA♭^dim

D⁷

A^mD⁷

GD^7G

C⁷⁹

GA♭^dim

D⁷

E^m

A⁷⁹

A^m7D⁷

D⁷

GD^7G

C⁷⁹

GA♭^dim

D⁷

GC^D

A^m7D⁷

Record

Record: Dear Old Southland · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1954
Line-up: Billy Taylor (p); Emmett Berry (tp); Eddie Bert (tb); Milt Hinton (b); Jo Jones (dr); Coleman Hawkins (ts)
Composer: Goodman, Webb, Samson
Solo length: 00:37-01:41

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