Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: St. Thomas

Key: C major
Tempo: 207 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Latin
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 5
Form: A16

Sonny Rollins's solo on “St. Thomas” has 435 notes in 93 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from Ab2 to E5. The average tempo is 207 BPM with a latin feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

435Notes

93sSolo length

4.7Notes per second

Ab2–E5Range (32 semitones)

47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×72
-1 ×53
+1 ×50
+3 ×36
-3 ×30
+2 ×28

Changes played over

C⁶⁹

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁶⁹

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁶⁹

E^m7♭5

A^79♯

D^m7

G⁷

C⁶⁹C⁷

F^maj7G♭^dim

C_/GG⁷

C⁷⁹

Record

Record: Saxophone Collosus · Prestige · 1987
Recorded: 1956-06-22
Line-up: Tommy Flanagan (p); Doug Watkins (b); Max Roach (dr); Sonny Rollins (ts)
Composer: Sonny Rollins
Solo length: 00:55-02:28

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