Cornet solo · 1950

Rex Stewart: Perdido

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 178 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8A8

Rex Stewart's solo on “Perdido” has 277 notes in 87 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from D4 to F#6. The average tempo is 178 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

277Notes

87sSolo length

3.2Notes per second

D4–F#6Range (28 semitones)

45%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

0 ×46
+1 ×45
+2 ×34
-2 ×23
-1 ×22
+3 ×17

Changes played over

C^m7F⁷

B♭

C^m7F⁷

B♭

B^dim

C^m7F⁷

B♭

C^m7F⁷

B♭

D⁷

G⁷⁹

G⁺⁷

C⁷

F⁷

F⁺⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭

C^m7F⁷

B♭

Record

Record: Quadromania Jazz Edition, Coleman Hawkins, Dear Old Southland, CD 3 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded: 1950
Line-up: Rex Stewart (cor); Tyree Glenn (tb); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Claude Hopkins (p); Billy Bauer (g); Arvell Shaw (b); Cozy Cole (dr)
Composer: Tizol
Solo length: 02:20-03:46

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