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Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: Blue Seven

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
135 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
5
Form
A12

Sonny Rollins's solo on “Blue Seven” has 353 notes in 110 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from Ab2 to E5. The average tempo is 135 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

353Notes
110sSolo length
3.2Notes per second
Ab2–E5Range (32 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×52
  • +2 ×41
  • -2 ×39
  • -1 ×39
  • -4 ×35
  • +3 ×28

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
E♭7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
1956 · CD Company Italy · 1990
Recorded
1956-06-22
Line-up
Tommy Flanagan (p); DougWatkins (b); Max Roach (dr); Sonny Rollins (ts)
Composer
Sonny Rollins
Solo length
01:05-02:52

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