ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1950

Zoot Sims: Dancing in the Dark

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
122 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16

Zoot Sims's solo on “Dancing in the Dark” has 169 notes in 73 seconds (2.3 notes per second), spanning 17 semitones from Eb3 to Ab4. The average tempo is 122 BPM with a swing feel. About 43% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

169Notes
73sSolo length
2.3Notes per second
Eb3–Ab4Range (17 semitones)
43%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • 0 ×36
  • -2 ×21
  • -1 ×20
  • +2 ×18
  • +1 ×14
  • +3 ×11

Changes played over

A1
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭dim7
A♭dim7
B♭m7
B♭m7
B♭m7♭5
E♭79♭
A♭maj7
A♭m7
C7911♯
F79♭
B♭m7♭5
B♭m7♭5
B♭m7♭5
E♭79♭
B1
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭dim7
A♭dim7
B♭m7
B♭m7
B♭m7♭5
B♭m7♭5E♭79♭
A♭maj7
A♭m7
B7
A7
A♭6
B♭m7♭5E♭7
A♭6
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
I1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Zoot Sims, That Old Feeling, CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1950-09-16
Line-up
Zoot Sims (ts); Joh Lewis (p); Curly Russel (b); Don Lamond (dr)
Composer
Dietz/Schwartz
Solo length
02:13-03:26

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