Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: St. Thomas

Key: C major
Tempo: 224 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Latin
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 4
Form: A16

Sonny Rollins's solo on “St. Thomas” has 366 notes in 69 seconds (5.3 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from C3 to E5. The average tempo is 224 BPM with a latin feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

366Notes

69sSolo length

5.3Notes per second

C3–E5Range (28 semitones)

61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×67
-1 ×55
+1 ×51
+2 ×50
+3 ×34
-3 ×29

Changes played over

C⁶⁹

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁶⁹

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁶⁹

E^m7♭5

A^79♯

D^m7

G⁷

C⁶⁹C⁷_/E

FG♭^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: 03:53-05:02

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