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Alto saxophone solo · 1946

Sonny Stitt: Blues in Be-Bop

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
186 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Sonny Stitt's solo on “Blues in Be-Bop” has 127 notes in 29 seconds (4.4 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from F3 to G5. The average tempo is 186 BPM with a swing feel. About 64% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

127Notes
29sSolo length
4.4Notes per second
F3–G5Range (26 semitones)
64%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×30
  • +2 ×19
  • -2 ×17
  • +1 ×15
  • +3 ×10
  • -3 ×9

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
B♭m7A7
A♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7B♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Sonny Stitt, One O'Clock Jump, CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1946-09-04
Line-up
Kenny Dorham (tp); Sonny Stitt (as); Bud Powell (p); Al Hall (b); Al Hall (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer
McKinley/Dorham
Solo length
00:21-00:51

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