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Vibraphone solo · 1939

Lionel Hampton: Memories of You

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
82 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B88

Lionel Hampton's solo on “Memories of You” has 378 notes in 93 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 36 semitones from F3 to F6. The average tempo is 82 BPM with a swing feel. About 34% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

378Notes
93sSolo length
4Notes per second
F3–F6Range (36 semitones)
34%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -3 ×45
  • -2 ×42
  • 0 ×41
  • +1 ×39
  • +4 ×30
  • -4 ×29

Changes played over

A1
E♭Edim7
Fm7D7/G♭
E♭6Cm7
F7
E♭6Cm7
Gm7C79
F7B♭79
E♭6Fm7B♭79
A2
E♭6Edim7
Fm7D7/G♭
E♭6/GCm7
F7
E♭6Cm7
Gm7C79
F7B♭79
E♭6G7
B1
Cm7
Fm7
Cm7
F79
Cm7
F79
Gm7G♭m7
Fm7B♭7
A3
E♭6Edim7
Fm7D7/G♭
E♭6/GCm7
F7
E♭6Cm7
Gm7C79
F7B♭79
E♭6Fm7B♭7

Record

Record
From Swing to Bebop. Jazz in History II · History/This is Music · 1989
Recorded
1939-06-13
Line-up
Rex Stuart (cn); Lawrence Brown (tb); Harry Carney (b); Clyde Hart (p); Billy Taylor (b); Sonny Greer (dr); Lionel Hampton (vib, p)
Composer
Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake

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