Tenor saxophone solo · 1942

Lester Young: Body and Soul

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 79 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Lester Young's solo on “Body and Soul” has 238 notes in 97 seconds (2.4 notes per second), spanning 21 semitones from Bb2 to G4. The average tempo is 79 BPM with a swing feel. About 39% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

238Notes

97sSolo length

2.4Notes per second

Bb2–G4Range (21 semitones)

39%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+3 ×30
+2 ×29
-3 ×28
+1 ×25
-2 ×22
0 ×20

Changes played over

E♭^mD⁷

E^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7E♭^m7

F^m7E^dim

E♭^m7

C^m7B⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭^maj7F^m7B♭7

E♭^mD^7E7

E♭^m7D^7E♭

D♭^maj7E♭^m7

F^m7E^dim

E♭^m7D⁷

C^m7B⁷

B♭^m7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭E^m7A7

D^maj7E^m7

B^m7G^m7

G♭^m7E^m7

D^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim

D^m7G⁷

C^7B7B♭7

E♭^mD⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim

E^dim

A♭⁷A^dim

B♭^m7E♭^m7

D♭F^m7B♭7

Record

Record: The Lester Young Story CD 2 · Proper Records · 2000
Recorded: 1942-07-15
Line-up: Lester Young (ts); Nat King Cole (p); Red Callender (b)
Composer: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length: 00:00-01:45

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