Trombone solo · 1944

Dickie Wells: Six Cats and a Prince

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 218 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Dickie Wells's solo on “Six Cats and a Prince” has 124 notes in 35 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 37 semitones from G2 to Ab5. The average tempo is 218 BPM with a swing feel. About 39% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

124Notes

35sSolo length

3.5Notes per second

G2–Ab5Range (37 semitones)

39%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×17
0 ×13
+3 ×12
+2 ×11
-2 ×10
-3 ×9

Changes played over

B♭^maj7

B^dim

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

B^dim

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

B♭⁷

E♭⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7

B^dim

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

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: 02:56-03:32

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