Trumpet solo · 1948

Fats Navarro: Anthropology (No1)

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 301 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Fats Navarro's solo on “Anthropology (No1)” has 379 notes in 51 seconds (7.5 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from Bb3 to E6. The average tempo is 301 BPM with a swing feel. About 68% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

379Notes

51sSolo length

7.5Notes per second

Bb3–E6Range (30 semitones)

68%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×74
-2 ×73
+1 ×68
+2 ×41
-3 ×33
+3 ×27

Changes played over

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷E♭^m7

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷E♭^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷E♭^m7

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶

Record

Record: From Swing to Bebop, Double Talk, Fats Navarro CD 1 · Trumpets of Jericho Ltd.
Recorded: 1948
Line-up: Fats Navarro (tp); Allan Eager (ts); Rudy Williams (as); Tadd Dameron (p); Curly Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer: Parker, Gillespie
Solo length: 01:28-02:19

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