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Trumpet solo · 1946

Kenny Dorham: Blues in Be-Bop

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
187 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Kenny Dorham's solo on “Blues in Be-Bop” has 158 notes in 30 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from A3 to A5. The average tempo is 187 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

158Notes
30sSolo length
5.2Notes per second
A3–A5Range (24 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×31
  • -1 ×26
  • +1 ×22
  • +2 ×16
  • +3 ×14
  • -3 ×12

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Sonny Stitt, One O'Clock Jump, CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1946-09-04
Line-up
Kenny Dorham (tp); Sonny Stitt (as); Bud Powell (p); Al Hall (b); Al Hall (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer
McKinley/Dorham
Solo length
01:21-01:53

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