Trumpet solo · 1986

Wynton Marsalis: April in Paris

Key: C major
Tempo: 154 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A8B8C8D8

Wynton Marsalis's solo on “April in Paris” has 495 notes in 105 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from G3 to F#6. The average tempo is 154 BPM with a swing feel. About 70% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

495Notes

105sSolo length

4.7Notes per second

G3–F#6Range (35 semitones)

70%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×107
-2 ×93
-1 ×93
+2 ×51
0 ×42
-3 ×35

Changes played over

D^m7♭5D♭⁷

C^maj7

D^m7♭5A♭⁷

G⁷

C^maj7

G^m7

C⁷

F^maj7

B^m7♭5E⁷

A^m7A^m_/G

G♭^m7♭5

B^79♭

B^m7E⁷

E^m7♭5A^79♭

G♭^m7♭5F^dim7

C_/EE♭^dim

D^m7♭5G⁷

C⁶

B^m7♭5E⁷

A^m7A^m_/G

G♭^m7♭5B^79♭

E^maj7D^m7G7

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^maj7

E^m7♭5

A^7alt

D⁷⁹

D^m7♭5G⁷

C⁶

Record

Record: Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 · CBS/Columbia · 1987
Recorded: 29.-30.5.1986, 24.-25.9.1986
Line-up: Wynton Marsalis (tp); Marcus Roberts (p); Robert Leslie Hurst III (b); Jeff Watts (dr)
Composer: Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg

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