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Soprano saxophone solo · 1941

Sidney Bechet: Limehouse Blues

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
274 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16C16D16

Sidney Bechet's solo on “Limehouse Blues” has 231 notes in 31 seconds (7.4 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from C4 to Ab5. The average tempo is 274 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 16% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

231Notes
31sSolo length
7.4Notes per second
C4–Ab5Range (20 semitones)
16%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -3 ×86
  • +3 ×43
  • -4 ×19
  • +7 ×16
  • +1 ×13
  • +2 ×11

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
A♭
A♭
C7
Fm7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭7
B1
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
A♭
F7
B♭m7
B♭m7
B♭m7♭5
E♭7
A♭
A♭

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz -Sidney Bechet - Chant In The Night CD 2 · Trumpets of Jericho Ltd.
Recorded
1941-09-13
Line-up
Sidney Bechet (ss); Charlie Shavers (tp); Willie Smith (p); Everett Barksdale (g); Wellman Braud (b); Manzie Johnson (dr)
Composer
Braham, Furber
Solo length
00:40-01:08

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