Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: I'll Remember April (Alternate Take 2)

Key: G major
Tempo: 294 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A16B16A16

Sonny Rollins's solo on “I'll Remember April (Alternate Take 2)” has 461 notes in 77 seconds (6 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from C3 to E5. The average tempo is 294 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

461Notes

77sSolo length

6Notes per second

C3–E5Range (28 semitones)

56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×86
-2 ×63
+1 ×56
+2 ×49
+3 ×48
-3 ×36

Changes played over

G^maj7

G⁶

G^maj7

G⁶

G^m7

G^m6

G^m7

G^m6

A^m7♭5

D⁷

B^m7♭5

E⁷

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

C^m7

F⁷

A♯^maj7

G^m7

C^m7

F⁷

A♯^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

F♯^m7

B⁷

E^maj7

A^m7D⁷

G^maj7

G⁶

G^maj7

G⁶

G^m7

G^m6

G^m7

G^m6

A^m7♭5

D⁷

B^m7♭5

E⁷

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

Record

Record: Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (Disc 10) · EmArcy · 1991
Recorded: 1956-02-16
Line-up: Clifford Brown (tp); Sonny Rollins (ts); Richie Powell (p); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (dr)
Composer: Raye/DePaul/Johnston
Solo length: 03:04-04:23

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