ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1945

Dizzy Gillespie: Blue 'n Boogie

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
204 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
4
Form
A12

Dizzy Gillespie's solo on “Blue 'n Boogie” has 305 notes in 57 seconds (5.4 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from C#4 to F#6. The average tempo is 204 BPM with a swing feel. About 69% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

305Notes
57sSolo length
5.4Notes per second
C#4–F#6Range (29 semitones)
69%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×67
  • -2 ×63
  • -1 ×55
  • +3 ×24
  • +2 ×23
  • -3 ×21

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
B♭7

Record

Record
Jazz Gallery, Dizzy Gillespie, CD 1 · BMG/Makin' Friends records · 1994
Recorded
1945-02-09
Line-up
Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Dexter Gordon (ts); Frank Paparelli (p); Chuck Wayne (g); Murray Shipinski (b); Shelly Manne (dr)
Composer
Gillespie/Paparelli
Solo length
01:27-02:25

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