ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1948

Fats Navarro: Good Bait

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
147 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Fats Navarro's solo on “Good Bait” has 298 notes in 53 seconds (5.7 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from C4 to F6. The average tempo is 147 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

298Notes
53sSolo length
5.7Notes per second
C4–F6Range (29 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×56
  • -1 ×53
  • +1 ×45
  • +2 ×26
  • +3 ×24
  • +4 ×19

Changes played over

A1
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7B♭7
E♭maj7A♭7
Dm7G7C-7F7
B♭maj7F7
A2
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7B♭7
E♭maj7A♭7
Dm7G7C-7F7
B♭maj7B♭7
B1
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7E♭7
A♭maj7D♭7
Gm7C7F-7B♭7
E♭maj7F7
A3
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7B♭7
E♭maj7A♭7
Dm7G7C-7F7
B♭maj7F7
I1
B♭maj7G7

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
Dameron
Solo length
01:58-02:52

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