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Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: Blue Seven

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

Sonny Rollins's solo on “Blue Seven” has 178 notes in 46 seconds (3.9 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C#3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 133 BPM with a swing feel. About 43% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

178Notes
46sSolo length
3.9Notes per second
C#3–Eb5Range (26 semitones)
43%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×25
  • -2 ×22
  • +3 ×21
  • -3 ×18
  • -1 ×15
  • -4 ×14

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
Dm7G7
Cm7
F7
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

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