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Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: Blue Seven

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
138 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Sonny Rollins's solo on “Blue Seven” has 135 notes in 38 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from Ab2 to D5. The average tempo is 138 BPM with a swing feel. About 41% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

135Notes
38sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
Ab2–D5Range (30 semitones)
41%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +3 ×17
  • -1 ×17
  • +1 ×14
  • -3 ×14
  • -2 ×12
  • +2 ×11

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
B♭7

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
06:18-08:06

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