ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1950

Roy Eldridge: Undecided

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
244 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A16B8A8

Roy Eldridge's solo on “Undecided” has 322 notes in 63 seconds (5.1 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from B3 to Bb5. The average tempo is 244 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

322Notes
63sSolo length
5.1Notes per second
B3–Bb5Range (23 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×53
  • -2 ×50
  • -3 ×42
  • -1 ×38
  • +2 ×36
  • 0 ×35

Changes played over

A1
B♭6
B♭6
E♭79
E♭79
C7
Cm7F7
B♭6G7
Cm7F7
A2
B♭6
B♭6
E♭79
E♭79
C7
Cm7F7
B♭6
B♭6
B1
Fm7B♭7
B♭7
E♭6
E♭6
Gm7C7
C7
F7
F7
A3
B♭6
B♭6
E♭79
E♭79
C7
Cm7F7
B♭6
B♭6

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
Robbin-Shavers
Solo length
01:09-02:14

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