ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1959

Miles Davis: So What

Key
D major
Tempo
139 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Miles Davis's solo on “So What” has 221 notes in 112 seconds (2 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Ab3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 139 BPM with a swing feel. About 39% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

221Notes
112sSolo length
2Notes per second
Ab3–Ab5Range (24 semitones)
39%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×35
  • 0 ×28
  • +2 ×22
  • +3 ×22
  • +4 ×21
  • -3 ×17

Changes played over

A1
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
A2
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
B1
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
D♯m
A3
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm

Record

Record
Kind Of Blue · CBS · 1962
Recorded
1959-03-02
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); James Cobb (dr)
Composer
Davis/Evans
Solo length
01:30-03:22

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