Tenor saxophone solo · 1947

Don Byas: Body and Soul

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 99 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Don Byas's solo on “Body and Soul” has 723 notes in 156 seconds (4.6 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from C3 to G5. The average tempo is 99 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

723Notes

156sSolo length

4.6Notes per second

C3–G5Range (31 semitones)

53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×125
-1 ×112
+2 ×86
+3 ×84
+1 ×58
-3 ×58

Changes played over

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭A⁷

D^maj7E^m7

DG^m7C7

G♭^m7B-7E-7A7

D^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim

D^m7G⁷

C^7B7B♭7

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭⁶B♭⁷

Record

Record: The Chronological Classis: Don Byas 1947 · Classic Records · 1999
Recorded: 1947
Line-up: Don Byas (ts); Billy Taylor (p); Jean Bouchety (b); Buford Oliver (dr);
Composer: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length: 00:09-02:42

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