ENDEIT

Trombone solo · 1927

Kid Ory: Savoy Blues

Key
G major
Tempo
130 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Kid Ory's solo on “Savoy Blues” has 59 notes in 23 seconds (2.6 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from G2 to G4. The average tempo is 130 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

59Notes
23sSolo length
2.6Notes per second
G2–G4Range (24 semitones)
47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×14
  • +1 ×11
  • -3 ×10
  • -4 ×5
  • +3 ×4
  • +12 ×2

Changes played over

A1
G7
C7C♯dim
G7/D
G7/D
C7
C7
G7
G7
D7
D7
G7
G7
I1
G7

Record

Record
College Music Sociecty Sourcebooks in American Music, Louis Armstrong, The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrogn · Pendragon Press, New York · 2007
Recorded
1927-12-13
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Edward Ory
Solo length
02:15-02:37

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