Trumpet solo · 1945

Dizzy Gillespie: Be-Bop

Key: F minor
Tempo: 290 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 3
Form: A8A8B16

Dizzy Gillespie's solo on “Be-Bop” has 536 notes in 79 seconds (6.8 notes per second), spanning 37 semitones from F3 to F#6. The average tempo is 290 BPM with a swing feel. About 68% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

536Notes

79sSolo length

6.8Notes per second

F3–F#6Range (37 semitones)

68%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×112
-1 ×102
+1 ×95
+2 ×52
+3 ×40
-3 ×33

Changes played over

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

G^m7♭5C^79♭

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

C⁷F^m

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

G^m7♭5C^79♭

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

C⁷F^m

F^m7

B♭^79♯

E♭^maj7

E♭^m7

A♭^79♯

D♭^maj7

G^m7♭5C^79♯

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

G^m7♭5C^79♭

F^mG^m7♭5

F^mB♭^m6

F^m

C⁷F^m

Record

Record: Jazz Gallery, Dizzy Gillespie, CD 1 · BMG/Makin' Friends records · 1994
Recorded: 1945-01-09
Line-up: Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Trummy Young (tb); Don Byas (ts); Clyde Hart (p); Oscar Pettiford (b); Shelly Mane (dr)
Composer: Gillespie
Solo length: 01:28-02:48

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