ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1945

Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin' High

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
182 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
2
Form
A16A16

Dizzy Gillespie's solo on “Groovin' High” has 442 notes in 82 seconds (5.4 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from Ab3 to F#6. The average tempo is 182 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

442Notes
82sSolo length
5.4Notes per second
Ab3–F#6Range (34 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×110
  • -2 ×63
  • +1 ×59
  • +2 ×41
  • +3 ×34
  • -3 ×29

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
Am7♭5
D7
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5
C7
F7
F7
Fm7
B♭7
Gm7
G♭m7
Fm7
B♭7
A2
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
Am7♭5
D7
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5
C7
F7
F7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
A♭m7D♭7
E♭6
Fm7B♭7

Record

Record
Jazz Gallery, Dizzy Gillespie, CD 1 · BMG/Makin' Friends records · 1994
Recorded
1945-12-29
Line-up
Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Milt Jackson (vib); Al Haig (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (dr)
Composer
Dizzy Gillespie
Solo length
02:37-03:59

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