ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1952

Don Byas: Un Amour Pleurait

Key
F major
Tempo
106 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8C8

Don Byas's solo on “Un Amour Pleurait” has 298 notes in 75 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C3 to D5. The average tempo is 106 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

298Notes
75sSolo length
4Notes per second
C3–D5Range (26 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×57
  • -3 ×36
  • -2 ×35
  • +3 ×30
  • -1 ×30
  • +2 ×24

Changes played over

A1
F/CD♭dim
DmGm7
C7Gm7C7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7A7
Dm7D♭dim
C7Gm7C7
Fmaj7
A2
F/CD♭dim
Dm7Gm7
C7Gm7C7
Fmaj7
A7
Dm7D♭dim
C7
FF7
B1
B♭
E♭Cm7
F7Cm7F7
B♭
B♭Ddim
E♭maj7A♭7
B♭F
B♭FG7C7
C1
C/FD♭dim
Dm7Gm7
C7
Fmaj7
A7
Dm7
C7Gm7C7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7N.C.

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
Ray
Solo length
01:22-02:37

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