ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1954

Kenny Dorham: Doodlin'

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
121 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
3
Form
A12

Kenny Dorham's solo on “Doodlin'” has 230 notes in 71 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from Bb3 to C#6. The average tempo is 121 BPM with a swing feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

230Notes
71sSolo length
3.2Notes per second
Bb3–C#6Range (27 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×39
  • -2 ×39
  • -3 ×31
  • +3 ×27
  • +2 ×20
  • -1 ×19

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7B♭7
E♭m7
A♭79
D♭7
A♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Horace Silver, Down Home; CD 3 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1954-11-13
Line-up
Kenny Dorham (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver (p); Doug Watkins (b); Art Blakey (dr)
Composer
H.Silver
Solo length
03:33-04:46

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