ENDEIT

Trombone solo · 1926

Kid Ory: Who's it

Key
C major
Tempo
212 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A32

Kid Ory's solo on “Who's it” has 85 notes in 37 seconds (2.3 notes per second), spanning 18 semitones from C3 to F#4. The average tempo is 212 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

85Notes
37sSolo length
2.3Notes per second
C3–F#4Range (18 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×19
  • -2 ×14
  • +4 ×9
  • -4 ×8
  • -1 ×7
  • +2 ×6

Changes played over

A1
C
A7
D7
D7
G7
G7
C
G7
C
C
G
G
Am
D7
G7
G7
B1
C
A7
D7
D7
Dm6
E7
Am
C7
F
F
C
A7
Dm7
G7
C
C
C
C

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
1926-06-16
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Beatrice Jones
Solo length
00:36-01:12

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