ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1950

Roy Eldridge: King David

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
150 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Roy Eldridge's solo on “King David” has 115 notes in 38 seconds (3 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from C4 to Bb5. The average tempo is 150 BPM with a swing feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

115Notes
38sSolo length
3Notes per second
C4–Bb5Range (22 semitones)
52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×25
  • +2 ×14
  • +3 ×12
  • +1 ×11
  • -1 ×9
  • -3 ×8

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
Dm7G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Zoot Sims, That Old Feeling, CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1950-06-08
Line-up
Roy Eldridge (tp); Zoot Sims (ts); Dick Hyman (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Ed Shaughnessy (dr); Anita Love (voc)
Composer
Roy Eldridge
Solo length
02:01- 02:38

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