ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1939

Lester Young: Lester Leaps In

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
251 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8C8

Lester Young's solo on “Lester Leaps In” has 299 notes in 61 seconds (4.9 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from Bb2 to C5. The average tempo is 251 BPM with a swing feel. About 44% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

299Notes
61sSolo length
4.9Notes per second
Bb2–C5Range (26 semitones)
44%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×51
  • -3 ×41
  • +1 ×38
  • +3 ×32
  • +2 ×26
  • +5 ×20

Changes played over

A1
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
A2
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B1
D7
D7
G7
G7
C7
C7
F7
F7
A3
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭

Record

Record
Lester's Be-Bop Boogie · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1939-09-05
Line-up
Buck Clayton (tp); Dickie Wells (tb); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (dr); Lester Young (ts)
Composer
Lester Young
Solo length
00:34-01:35

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