ENDEIT

Trombone solo · 1944

Dickie Wells: Destination K.C.

Key
C major
Tempo
249 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Dickie Wells's solo on “Destination K.C.” has 129 notes in 31 seconds (4.1 notes per second), spanning 21 semitones from Eb3 to C5. The average tempo is 249 BPM with a swing feel. About 39% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

129Notes
31sSolo length
4.1Notes per second
Eb3–C5Range (21 semitones)
39%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • 0 ×26
  • -3 ×19
  • +1 ×18
  • -2 ×13
  • -1 ×10
  • +2 ×9

Changes played over

A1
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C
A2
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C
B1
C7
C7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
A♭7
G7
A3
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C
I1
N.C.

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Lester Young, Lester's Be-Bop Boogie CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd.. · 2005
Recorded
1944-03-22
Line-up
Lester Young (ts); Buck Clayton (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Rodney Richardson (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer
Clayton
Solo length
00:37-01:09

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