ENDEIT

Vibraphone solo · 1936

Lionel Hampton: Whispering

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
100 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16

Lionel Hampton's solo on “Whispering” has 152 notes in 38 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from A3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 100 BPM with a swing feel. About 38% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

152Notes
38sSolo length
4Notes per second
A3–Eb6Range (30 semitones)
38%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×18
  • -1 ×17
  • +3 ×16
  • -3 ×16
  • +1 ×11
  • -5 ×11

Changes played over

A1
E♭
D7
E♭
C+7C7
F7
B♭7
E♭
B♭7
A2
E♭
D7
E♭
C+7C7
F7
B♭7
Fm7B♭7
E♭
I1
E♭

Record

Record
From Swing to Bebop · History/This is Music · 1998
Recorded
1936-12-02
Line-up
Benny Goodman (cl); Teddy Wilson (p); Gene Krupa (dr); Lionel Hampton (vib)
Composer
Schonberger/Coburn/Rose
Solo length
01:25- 02:03

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