Trombone solo · 1944

Dickie Wells: I Got Rhythm

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 243 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Dickie Wells's solo on “I Got Rhythm” has 236 notes in 64 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from A2 to G5. The average tempo is 243 BPM with a swing feel. About 43% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

236Notes

64sSolo length

3.7Notes per second

A2–G5Range (34 semitones)

43%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

0 ×38
-2 ×30
+2 ×29
-3 ×29
+1 ×27
+3 ×26

Changes played over

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

B♭⁶F⁷

B♭⁶

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

B♭⁶F⁷

B♭⁶

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

B♭⁶F⁷

B♭⁶

Record

Record: Lester's Be-Bop Boogie · Quadromania · 2006
Recorded: 1944-03-14
Line-up: Bill Coleman (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Lester Young (ts); Jow Bushkin (p); John Simmons (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer: G. & I. Gershwin

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