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Vibraphone solo · 1954

Milt Jackson: Bemsha Swing

Key
C major
Tempo
152 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
5
Form
A8B8

Milt Jackson's solo on “Bemsha Swing” has 548 notes in 127 seconds (4.3 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from G3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 152 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

548Notes
127sSolo length
4.3Notes per second
G3–Eb6Range (32 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×103
  • -1 ×99
  • +1 ×79
  • +2 ×58
  • -3 ×45
  • +3 ×41

Changes played over

A1
Cmaj7Am7
A♭maj7D♭7
Cmaj7E♭7
D7D♭7
Cmaj7Am7
A♭maj7D♭7
Cmaj7B♭7
A♭7G♭7
B1
Fmaj7Dm7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fmaj7A♭7
G7D♭7
Cmaj7Am7
A♭maj7D♭7
Cmaj7B♭7
A♭7G7

Record

Record
La Ronde Suite · Quadromania · 2005
Recorded
1954-12-24
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Milt Jackson (vib); Thelonious Monk (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clark (dr)
Composer
Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best

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