Trumpet solo · 1946

Dizzy Gillespie: Anthropology

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 246 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Dizzy Gillespie's solo on “Anthropology” has 158 notes in 31 seconds (5.1 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from E4 to F6. The average tempo is 246 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

158Notes

31sSolo length

5.1Notes per second

E4–F6Range (25 semitones)

61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×34
-1 ×27
+1 ×18
+3 ×17
+2 ×16
-3 ×13

Changes played over

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C⁷F⁷

B♭⁷

E♭⁶E♭^m6

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C⁷F⁷

B♭⁷

E♭⁶E♭^m6

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F7B♭6

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C⁷F⁷

B♭⁷

E♭⁶E♭^m6

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶

Record

Record: Jazz Gallery, Dizzy Gillespie, CD 2 · BMG/Makin' Friends records · 1994
Recorded: 1946-02-22
Line-up: Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Milt Jackson (vib); Al Haig (p); Bill DeArango (g); Ray Brown (b); J.C. Heard (dr)
Composer: Parker, Gillespie
Solo length: 01:03-01:35

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