Vibraphone solo · 1955

Milt Jackson: Softly as in a Morning Sunrise

Key: C minor
Tempo: 137 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 3
Form: A8A8B8A8

Milt Jackson's solo on “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” has 844 notes in 171 seconds (4.9 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from F3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 137 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

844Notes

171sSolo length

4.9Notes per second

F3–Eb6Range (34 semitones)

61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×144
-2 ×144
+2 ×136
0 ×94
-1 ×90
-3 ×88

Changes played over

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

G^m7♭5

C⁷

C^79♭

F^m

C⁷A♭^7911♯

D^m_/G

G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

G⁷⁹

Record

Record: Quadromania Jazz Edition, Milt Jackson, La Ronde Suite, CD 4 · Membran International · 2005
Recorded: 1955-07-02
Line-up: Milt Jackson (vib); John Lewis (p); Percy Heath (b); Connie Kay (dr)
Composer: S. Romberg/O. Hammerstein
Solo length: 01:05-03:56

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