ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1948

Sonny Stitt: Body and Soul

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
68 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Ballad
Style
Bebop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Sonny Stitt's solo on “Body and Soul” has 469 notes in 124 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from F3 to F5. The average tempo is 68 BPM with a ballad feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

469Notes
124sSolo length
3.8Notes per second
F3–F5Range (24 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×65
  • +1 ×58
  • -2 ×55
  • +2 ×52
  • +3 ×48
  • -3 ×39

Changes played over

A1
E♭m7B♭79♭
A♭sus7A♭7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5B7
B♭m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7
D♭6B♭7
A2
E♭m7B♭79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5B7
B♭m7D7
D♭6Em7A7
B1
Dmaj7Em7
G♭m7Gm7C7
G♭m7B7E-7A7
Dmaj7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7E♭dim
Dm7G7
C7B7B♭7
A3
E♭m7B♭79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5B7911♯F7
B♭m7NC
N.C.
N.C.
N.C.
D♭6

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Sonny Stitt, One O'Clock Jump, CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1948-06-01
Line-up
Willie Wells (tp); Sonny Stitt (as); Milt Jackson (vib); Bills Davis (p); Jimmy Glover (b); Dave Heard (dr)
Composer
Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length
00:13-02:11

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