Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Sonny Stitt: Elora

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 193 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8C8

Sonny Stitt's solo on “Elora” has 226 notes in 39 seconds (5.8 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from Eb3 to D5. The average tempo is 193 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

226Notes

39sSolo length

5.8Notes per second

Eb3–D5Range (23 semitones)

62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×40
-1 ×39
-2 ×32
+1 ×28
+3 ×19
-3 ×19

Changes played over

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7E♭^maj7

D^m7D♭^m7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7E♭^maj7

D^m7D♭^m7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

E♭^m7

D^m7

A^dim7D⁺⁷

G^m7

C⁷

C^m7

F⁷

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7E♭^maj7

D^m7D♭^m7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

N.C.

Record

Record: Quadromania Jazz Edition, Sonny Stitt, One O'Clock Jump, CD 1 · 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: 00:50-01:29

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