Tenor saxophone solo · 1954

Sonny Rollins: Airegin

Key: A♭ major
Tempo: 243 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A8B12A8C8

Sonny Rollins's solo on “Airegin” has 552 notes in 105 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from C#3 to C5. The average tempo is 243 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

552Notes

105sSolo length

5.2Notes per second

C#3–C5Range (23 semitones)

61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×102
+1 ×97
-2 ×94
-3 ×50
+3 ×48
+2 ×45

Changes played over

F^m7

C^79♯

F^m7

F^79♭

B♭^m7

F^79♯

B♭^m7

D♭^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7

D♭^m7G♭⁷

B^maj7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

G^m7♭5C⁷

F^m7

C^79♯

F^m7

F^79♭

B♭^m7

F^79♯

B♭^m7

D♭^maj7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7♭5G♭⁷

F⁷B⁷

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭⁶

G^m7♭5C^79♭

Record

Record: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951 - 1956), CD 3 · Prestige · 1980
Recorded: 1954-06-29
Line-up: Sonny Rollins (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (dr); Miles Davis (tp)
Composer: Sonny Rollins
Solo length: 02:35-04:21

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