ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1955

Kenny Dorham: Lady Bird

Key
C major
Tempo
212 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
5
Form
A16

Kenny Dorham's solo on “Lady Bird” has 483 notes in 92 seconds (5.3 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from G3 to A5. The average tempo is 212 BPM with a swing feel. About 72% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

483Notes
92sSolo length
5.3Notes per second
G3–A5Range (26 semitones)
72%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×101
  • -1 ×97
  • +2 ×93
  • +1 ×58
  • +3 ×34
  • -3 ×34

Changes played over

A1
Cmaj7
Cmaj7
Fm7
B♭7
Cmaj7
Cmaj7
B♭m7
E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
Am7
D7
Dm7
G7
Cmaj7E♭maj7
A♭maj7D♭maj7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Horace Silver, Down Home; CD 4 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1955-11-11
Line-up
Kenny Dorham (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver (p); Doug Watkins (b); Art Blakey (dr)
Composer
T.Dameron
Solo length
00:45-02:17

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