ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1950

Zoot Sims: Night and Day

Key
D major
Tempo
217 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
2
Form
A8B8A8B8C8B8

Zoot Sims's solo on “Night and Day” has 359 notes in 90 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from C#3 to D5. The average tempo is 217 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

359Notes
90sSolo length
4Notes per second
C#3–D5Range (25 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×72
  • -2 ×42
  • +3 ×39
  • -3 ×39
  • +1 ×38
  • -1 ×27

Changes played over

A1
Em7♭5
A7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
Em7♭5
A7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
G♯m7♭5
Gm7
F♯m7
Fdim7
Em7
A7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
A2
Em7♭5
A7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
Em7♭5
A7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
G♯m7♭5
Gm7
F♯m7
Fdim7
Em7
A7
Dmaj7
C7
B1
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
C1
G♯m7♭5
Gm7
F♯m7
Fdim7
Em7
A7
D6
E7A7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Zoot Sims, That Old Feeling, CD 2 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1950-06-16
Line-up
Zoot Sims (ts); Gerald Wiggins (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
Composer
C. Porter
Solo length
00:09- 01:39

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