Trumpet solo · 1961

Don Ellis: You Stepped Out of a Dream

Key: D major
Tempo: 200 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A16B16

Don Ellis's solo on “You Stepped Out of a Dream” has 177 notes in 39 seconds (4.5 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from Ab3 to A5. The average tempo is 200 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

177Notes

39sSolo length

4.5Notes per second

Ab3–A5Range (25 semitones)

55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×28
-2 ×25
+1 ×24
-1 ×19
-3 ×18
+3 ×17

Changes played over

D^maj7

D♯^maj7

F⁷

A♯^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

B^m7

E⁷

F^m7A♯⁷

E^m7A⁷

D^maj7

D♯^maj7

F⁷

G♯⁷

G⁷

E^m7♭5

A⁷

F^m7

A♯⁷

E^m7

A⁷

D^maj7

Record

Record: Giants of Jazz: Don Ellis featuring Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Gary Peacock, Nick Martins, Jaki Byard, Ron Carter and Charlie Persip · Sarabandas srl (Giants of Jazz) · 1995
Recorded: 1961-04-21
Line-up: Don Ellis (tp); Paul Bley (p); Steve Swallow (b)
Composer: Kahn/Brown
Solo length: 00:35-01:16

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