Alto saxophone solo · 1946
Sonny Stitt: Good Kick
- Key
- F major
- Tempo
- 173 BPM MEDIUM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Bebop
- Choruses
- 3
- Form
- A8A8B8A8
Sonny Stitt's solo on “Good Kick” has 235 notes in 43 seconds (5.5 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from F3 to G5. The average tempo is 173 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
235Notes
43sSolo length
5.5Notes per second
F3–G5Range (26 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -1 ×47
- -2 ×44
- +1 ×33
- +3 ×26
- +2 ×19
- +4 ×17
Changes played over
A1
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
- Stitt
- Solo length
- 00:43-01:27
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.