Tenor saxophone solo · 1952

Don Byas: Infidele (Cry)

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 120 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A16B16

Don Byas's solo on “Infidele (Cry)” has 253 notes in 72 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C3 to D5. The average tempo is 120 BPM with a swing feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

253Notes

72sSolo length

3.5Notes per second

C3–D5Range (26 semitones)

52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×44
-2 ×35
+3 ×28
-1 ×27
-3 ×25
+2 ×24

Changes played over

B♭^maj7

A^m7A♭^dim

G^m7D⁷_/G♭

G^m7

D^m7D♭^dim

C^m7B^dim7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7A♭⁷

G⁷

C^maj7

C^m7

F⁷

C^m7F⁷

Record

Record: Quadromania Jazz Edition, Don Byas, Moon Nocturne CD 4 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1952-02-06
Line-up: Don Byas (ts); Art Simmons (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Pierre Lemarchand (dr)
Composer: Churchill - Kohlman
Solo length: 01:07-02:15

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