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Soprano saxophone solo · 1938

Sidney Bechet: Summertime

Key
G minor
Tempo
84 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
4
Form
A8B8

Sidney Bechet's solo on “Summertime” has 388 notes in 189 seconds (2.1 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from A3 to A5. The average tempo is 84 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

388Notes
189sSolo length
2.1Notes per second
A3–A5Range (24 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×88
  • +2 ×59
  • -1 ×50
  • -2 ×38
  • +3 ×35
  • 0 ×21

Changes played over

A1
GmD7
GmD7
GmD7
GmG7
Cm
Cm
Am7♭5
D7
B1
Gm
Gm
Gm
Cm7F7
B♭maj7E♭7
Am7♭5D7
Gm
Am7♭5D7

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz -Sidney Bechet - Chant In The Night CD 1 · Trumpets of Jericho Ltd.
Recorded
1938-06-08
Line-up
Sidney Bechet (ss); Meade "Lux" Lewis (p); Teddy Bunn (g); John Wiliams (b); Sidney Catlett (dr)
Composer
Gershwin
Solo length
00:54-04:04

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