“Blue Serge” Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra/1941

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) ab0af81c-1658-4212-8da3-3135c7a06396
Time Signature 4/4
Key C:min
Duration 205.4 s
Tuning 443.39 Hz
Recording Dates 1941-02-15 - 1941-02-15
Composer(s) Mercer Ellington

Line-up

trombone Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown
alto saxophone Otto Hardwick, Johnny Hodges
trumpet Ray Nance, Wallace Jones
valve trombone Juan Tizol
guitar Fred Guy
double bass Jimmy Blanton
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
clarinet Barney Bigard
cornet Rex Stewart
piano Duke Ellington
drums (drum set) Sonny Greer
tenor saxophone Ben Webster, Barney Bigard

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 112
Mean BPM 79.746835443
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 2.267857142857143
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 18 6.59340659341 13.02 6.3388510224
min 86 31.5018315018 63.37 30.8519961052
dom 94 34.4322344322 68.94 33.5637779942
hdim7 56 20.5128205128 41.26 20.0876338851
dim 0 0.0 0 0.0
N 19 6.95970695971 18.81 9.15774099318
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

../_images/blue_serge-1.png

Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

../_images/blue_serge-2.png

Source Annotation

blue_serge.json

{
  "tuning": 443.39, 
  "artist": "Duke Ellington & His Orchestra", 
  "title": "Blue Serge", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 3/08 - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Blue Serge.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":"C:min"
  }, 
  "mbid": "ab0af81c-1658-4212-8da3-3135c7a06396", 
  "duration": 205.4,
  "parts":
  [
    {
        "name":"Intro",
        "beats":
        [
        0.62, 1.3, 1.98, 2.62, 3.27, 3.94, 4.66, 5.35, 6.02, 6.75, 7.45, 8.14, 8.86, 9.59, 10.32, 11.06
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|N |N |N |N |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Head - A",
        "beats":
        [
        11.8, 12.52, 13.28, 13.98, 14.72, 15.48, 16.21, 16.94,
        17.69, 18.37, 19.11, 19.84, 20.61, 21.32, 22.04, 22.78, 23.48, 24.23, 24.96, 25.71, 26.43, 27.13, 27.86, 28.62,
29.33, 30.07, 30.8, 31.53, 32.26, 32.99, 33.72, 34.45, 35.17, 35.88, 36.62, 37.33, 38.07, 38.81, 39.5, 40.25
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|C:min F:min |C:min |",
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min G:7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Ensemble - A ",
        "beats":
        [
        40.97, 41.71, 42.45, 43.18, 43.9, 44.63, 45.34, 46.11, 46.83, 47.59, 48.33, 49.06, 49.81, 50.52, 51.26, 51.99
        
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min G:7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Trombone Solo - A",
        "beats":
        [
        52.74, 53.49, 54.23, 54.96, 55.71, 56.44, 57.18, 57.92, 58.67, 59.41, 60.17, 60.91, 61.65, 62.4, 63.13, 63.87,
64.65, 65.38, 66.12, 66.83, 67.57, 68.28, 69.02, 69.77, 70.5, 71.24, 71.99, 72.73, 73.48, 74.19, 74.9, 75.61,
76.34, 77.08, 77.81, 78.53, 79.26, 79.96, 80.68, 81.4
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|C:min F:min |C:min G:min7 |",
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min7/3 D:hdim7 |C:min C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min G:7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Ensemble - Interlude",
        "beats":
        [
        82.12, 82.85, 83.59, 84.3, 85.04, 85.76, 86.47, 87.19,
87.91, 88.62, 89.35, 90.07, 90.82, 91.54, 92.27, 92.99, 93.75, 94.49, 95.24, 95.98, 96.72, 97.43, 98.17, 98.88
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|G:7 |G:7 |C:min D:hdim7 |C:min |D:hdim7 |G:(3,5,b7,b9) |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Piano Solo - A",
        "beats":
        [
        99.63, 100.35, 101.09, 101.81, 102.54, 103.26, 103.97, 104.7, 105.44, 106.18, 106.9, 107.63, 108.39, 109.11, 109.81, 110.52,
111.26, 111.98, 112.66, 113.4, 114.09, 114.77, 115.45, 116.1, 116.78, 117.51, 118.23, 118.97, 119.71, 120.42, 121.12, 121.85,
122.59, 123.29, 123.98, 124.67, 125.38, 126.12, 126.86, 127.57
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|G:7 C:7 |F:7 Bb:7 |",
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Tenor Sax Solo - A",
        "beats":
        [
            128.3, 129.03, 129.75, 130.47, 131.18, 131.89, 132.6, 133.29, 134.02, 134.72, 135.4, 136.15, 136.88, 137.6, 138.32, 139.06,
            139.83, 140.58, 141.34, 142.09, 142.83, 143.58, 144.31, 145.06, 145.8, 146.54, 147.29, 148.03, 148.77, 149.5, 150.25, 151.01,
            151.74, 152.45, 153.23, 153.97, 154.65, 155.36, 156.08, 156.82, 157.55, 158.25, 158.99, 159.71, 160.46, 161.2, 161.94, 162.71

        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|C:min7/b7 |C:min7/b7 |F:min7 Bb:7 |C:min7 D:hdim7 |",
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min7/3 D:hdim7 |C:min C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min G:7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Ensemble - Coda",
        "beats":
        [
            163.45, 164.18, 164.93, 165.69, 166.43, 167.17, 167.92, 168.66, 169.4, 170.13, 170.88, 171.62, 172.36, 173.08, 173.83, 174.59,
            175.38, 176.15, 176.93, 177.73, 178.49, 179.26, 180.02, 180.81, 181.58, 182.33, 183.11, 183.89, 184.66, 185.41, 186.17, 186.9,
            187.62, 188.36, 189.1, 189.85, 190.61, 191.36, 192.12, 192.9, 193.67, 194.47, 195.24, 196.06, 196.84, 197.62, 198.39, 199.22
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|C:min D:hdim7 |C:min D:hdim7 |C:min7 F#:7 |D:hdim7 G:7 |C:min/3 D:hdim7 |C:min C#:7 |D:7 C#:7|C:min N |"
        ]
    }
  ]
 }