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Tenor saxophone solo · 1949

Sonny Stitt: Teapot

Key
F major
Tempo
168 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
2
Form
A8B8

Sonny Stitt's solo on “Teapot” has 349 notes in 49 seconds (7.1 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from D3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 168 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

349Notes
49sSolo length
7.1Notes per second
D3–Eb5Range (25 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×62
  • +1 ×54
  • +2 ×41
  • +3 ×40
  • -2 ×40
  • -3 ×36

Changes played over

A1
F7C7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭6
B♭m7E♭7A♭6C7
B1
F7C7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
Fm7C7
Fm7
Cm7F7
B♭m7E♭7A♭6C7

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
00:55-01:45

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