ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Sonny Rollins: Vierd Blues

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
114 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
6
Form
A12

Sonny Rollins's solo on “Vierd Blues” has 432 notes in 149 seconds (2.9 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from Bb2 to C#5. The average tempo is 114 BPM with a swing feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

432Notes
149sSolo length
2.9Notes per second
Bb2–C#5Range (27 semitones)
48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×62
  • +2 ×53
  • -2 ×46
  • -1 ×45
  • -4 ×42
  • -3 ×42

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
Dm7G7
C7
F7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951 - 1956), CD 5 · Prestige · 1992
Recorded
1956-03-16
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Sonny Rollins (ts); Tommy Flanagan (p); Paul Chambers (b); Art Taylor (dr)
Solo length
02:10-04:39

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