ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1944

Lester Young: Destination K.C.

Key
C major
Tempo
246 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Lester Young's solo on “Destination K.C.” has 257 notes in 63 seconds (4.1 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Ab2 to Eb5. The average tempo is 246 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

257Notes
63sSolo length
4.1Notes per second
Ab2–Eb5Range (31 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×64
  • +2 ×27
  • -2 ×27
  • -3 ×25
  • -1 ×21
  • +5 ×19

Changes played over

A1
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C
A2
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C
B1
C7
C7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
A♭7
G7
A3
C
C
G7
C
C
C
G7
C

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Lester Young, Lester's Be-Bop Boogie CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1944-03-22
Line-up
Lester Young (ts); Buck Clayton (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Rodney Richardson (b); Jo Jones (dr)
Composer
Clayton
Solo length
02:11-03:14

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