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Tenor saxophone solo · 1945

Don Byas: Harvard Blues

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
99 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Don Byas's solo on “Harvard Blues” has 72 notes in 29 seconds (2.5 notes per second), spanning 19 semitones from Bb2 to F4. The average tempo is 99 BPM with a swing feel. About 42% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

72Notes
29sSolo length
2.5Notes per second
Bb2–F4Range (19 semitones)
42%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×9
  • +2 ×9
  • +3 ×9
  • -2 ×7
  • -7 ×6
  • +4 ×5

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
G♭7Gdim
D♭D♭7
B♭m7D♭7
G♭7
G♭7Gdim
D♭7
D♭7Adim
A♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7
I1
N.C.

Record

Record
Moon Nocturne · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1945-08-30
Line-up
Don Byas (ts); Erroll Garner (p); Slam Stewart (b); Doc West (dr)
Composer
Frazier, Smith, Basie)
Solo length
00:40-01:08

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