Trumpet solo · 1954

Miles Davis: Airegin

Key: A♭ major
Tempo: 241 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A8B12A8C8

Miles Davis's solo on “Airegin” has 431 notes in 109 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from A3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 241 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

431Notes

109sSolo length

4Notes per second

A3–Ab5Range (23 semitones)

62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×72
+1 ×71
-2 ×69
-1 ×54
-3 ×34
0 ×24

Changes played over

F^m7

C^79♯

F^m7

F^79♭

B♭^m7

F^79♯

B♭^m7

D♭^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7

D♭^m7G♭⁷

B^maj7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

G^m7♭5C⁷

F^m7

C^79♯

F^m7

F^79♭

B♭^m7

F^79♯

B♭^m7

D♭^maj7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7♭5G♭⁷

F⁷B⁷

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭⁶

G^m7♭5C⁷

Record

Record: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951 - 1956), CD 3 · Prestige · 1980
Recorded: 1954-06-29
Line-up: Sonny Rollins (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (dr); Miles Davis (tp)
Composer: Sonny Rollins
Solo length: 00:45-02:45

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