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Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Sonny Stitt: Blue Mode

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
61 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Sonny Stitt's solo on “Blue Mode” has 353 notes in 94 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from C#3 to D5. The average tempo is 61 BPM with a swing feel. About 63% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

353Notes
94sSolo length
3.8Notes per second
C#3–D5Range (25 semitones)
63%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×74
  • -2 ×56
  • +2 ×53
  • -1 ×37
  • +3 ×36
  • -3 ×25

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7Em7♭5
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7F7
B7G7C-7F7
A2
B♭7
Am7Dm7
Gm7
F7
E♭7
E♭7
F7
E♭7G7
Cm7
Cm7F7
B♭7
B♭7
N.C.

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Sonny Stitt, One O'Clock Jump, CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1949-10-17
Line-up
Sonny Stitt (ts); J.J. Johnson (tb); John Lewis (p); Nelson Boyd (b); Max Roach (dr)
Composer
J.J. Johnson
Solo length
02:07-03:40

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