ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1945

Lester Young: D.B. Blues

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
151 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Lester Young's solo on “D.B. Blues” has 221 notes in 70 seconds (3.1 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C3 to D5. The average tempo is 151 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

221Notes
70sSolo length
3.1Notes per second
C3–D5Range (26 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×39
  • +2 ×29
  • 0 ×28
  • -2 ×28
  • +3 ×27
  • -1 ×13

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
F7
A2
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B1
D7
D7
G7
G7
C7
C7
F7
F7
A3
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
I1

Record

Record
Lester's Be-Bop Boogie · Membran Music Ltd.. · 2005
Recorded
1945-12-01
Line-up
Vie Dickenson (tb); Dodo Marmarosa (p); Red Callender (b); Henry Tucker (dr); Lester Young (ts)
Composer
L. Young/K. Pleasure
Solo length
00:00-01:11

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