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Tenor saxophone solo · 1950

Zoot Sims: King David

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
151 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Zoot Sims's solo on “King David” has 103 notes in 32 seconds (3.3 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from C3 to C#5. The average tempo is 151 BPM with a swing feel. About 40% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

103Notes
32sSolo length
3.3Notes per second
C3–C#5Range (25 semitones)
40%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×14
  • +3 ×13
  • -1 ×10
  • +1 ×9
  • +4 ×9
  • -3 ×9

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
Dm7G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
Cm7F7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Zoot Sims, That Old Feeling, CD 1 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1950-06-08
Line-up
Roy Eldridge (tp); Zoot Sims (ts); Dick Hyman (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Ed Shaughnessy (dr); Anita Love (voc)
Composer
Roy Eldridge
Solo length
00:51-01:21

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