ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1952

Don Byas: Cognac Blues

Key
F major
Tempo
116 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Don Byas's solo on “Cognac Blues” has 193 notes in 48 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from A2 to F5. The average tempo is 116 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

193Notes
48sSolo length
4Notes per second
A2–F5Range (32 semitones)
56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×36
  • -1 ×32
  • +3 ×26
  • -2 ×23
  • +2 ×16
  • -3 ×10

Changes played over

A1
F7
B♭7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
F7
Gm7
C7
F7Dm7
Gm7C7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Don Byas, Moon Nocturne CD 4 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1952-03-25
Line-up
Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Don Byas (ts); Ar Simmons (p); Joe Benjamin (b); Bill Clark (dr); Humberto Morales (cga)
Composer
Dizzy Gillespie
Solo length
00:53-01:41

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