Tenor saxophone solo · 1950

Zoot Sims: Night and Day

Key: D major
Tempo: 218 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 1
Form: A8B8A8B8C8B8

Zoot Sims's solo on “Night and Day” has 219 notes in 61 seconds (3.6 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from D3 to D5. The average tempo is 218 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

219Notes

61sSolo length

3.6Notes per second

D3–D5Range (24 semitones)

45%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×41
-2 ×31
-3 ×31
+3 ×27
-4 ×21
+1 ×15

Changes played over

F^maj7

D^maj7

F^maj7

D^maj7

G♯^m7♭5

G^m7

F♯^m7

F^dim7

E^m7

A⁷

D^maj7

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: 01:55- 02:56

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