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Vibraphone solo · 1939

Lionel Hampton: High Society

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
245 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16

Lionel Hampton's solo on “High Society” has 170 notes in 30 seconds (5.6 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from G3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 245 BPM with a swing feel. About 35% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

170Notes
30sSolo length
5.6Notes per second
G3–Eb6Range (32 semitones)
35%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -3 ×31
  • -2 ×22
  • +3 ×16
  • -4 ×16
  • +2 ×13
  • +1 ×12

Changes played over

A1
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭A♭
E♭
E♭
B♭7
B♭7D7
E♭
E♭
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B1
E♭
E♭
E♭
B♭7
E♭
E♭A♭
E♭
E♭7
A♭
Adim
E♭
C7
F7
B♭7
E♭
E♭

Record

Record
From Swing to Bebop. Jazz in History II · History/This is Music · 1989
Recorded
1939-04-03
Line-up
Irvin Randolph (tp); Hymie Schertzer (bcl, as); Russel Procope (as); Jerry Jerome (ts); Chu Berry (ts); Clyde Hart (p); Allen Reuss (g); Milt Hinton (b); Cozy Cole (dr); Lionel Hampton (vib, vcl)
Composer
Porter Steele, Walter Melrose

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