“Dead Man Blues” Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers/1926

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) c38bec92-e409-4bff-b148-75ff64c955ff
Time Signature 4/4
Key Bb
Duration 193.87 s
Tuning 435.97 Hz
Recording Dates 1926-09-21 - 1926-09-21
Composer(s) Jelly Roll Morton

Line-up

clarinet Darnell Howard, Omer Simeon, Barney Bigard
trombone Kid Ory
double bass John Lindsay
piano Jelly Roll Morton
trumpet George Mitchell
drums (drum set) Andrew Hilaire
banjo Johnny St. Cyr

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 82
Mean BPM 116.985608913
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 4.573170731707317
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 203 53.7037037037 94.69 48.8420075308
min 24 6.34920634921 10.87 5.606849951
dom 148 39.1534391534 68.38 35.2710579254
hdim7 0 0.0 0 0.0
dim 0 0.0 0 0.0
N 3 0.793650793651 19.93 10.2800845928
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

../_images/dead_man_blues-1.png

Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

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Source Annotation

dead_man_blues.json

{
  "tuning": 435.97, 
  "artist": "Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers", 
  "title": "Dead Man Blues", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 1/07 - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Dead Man Blues.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":["Bb"]
  }, 
  "mbid": "c38bec92-e409-4bff-b148-75ff64c955ff", 
  "duration": 193.87,
  "parts":
  [
    {
        "name":"Intro",
        "key":"G:min",
        "beats":
        [
        16.84, 17.28, 17.75, 18.17, 18.61, 19.05, 19.49, 19.95, 20.39, 20.82, 21.25, 21.66, 22.11, 22.52, 22.98, 23.4,
23.86, 24.33, 24.78, 25.24, 25.72, 26.18, 26.65, 27.12, 27.6, 28.07, 28.55, 29.01, 29.49, 29.96, 30.41, 30.88
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|G:min |G:min C:min |G:min |D:7 |G:min |G:min D:7 |G:min C:min |G:min F:7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Head - Blues",
        "beats":
        [
        31.37, 31.84, 32.3, 32.75, 33.2, 33.67, 34.12, 34.6, 35.04, 35.52, 36.0, 36.48, 36.95, 37.43, 37.9, 38.36,
38.83, 39.3, 39.78, 40.25, 40.71, 41.19, 41.68, 42.14, 42.61, 43.08, 43.56, 44.03, 44.5, 44.98, 45.44, 45.9,
46.39, 46.85, 47.32, 47.79, 48.25, 48.74, 49.21, 49.68, 50.13, 50.6, 51.08, 51.54, 52.01, 52.49, 52.97, 53.44
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Clarinet Solo - Blues",
        "beats":
        [
        53.91, 54.38, 54.84, 55.31, 55.78, 56.26, 56.72, 57.19, 57.64, 58.1, 58.56, 59.03, 59.49, 59.95, 60.41, 60.86,
61.33, 61.79, 62.25, 62.72, 63.17, 63.62, 64.08, 64.54, 65.02, 65.47, 65.92, 66.39, 66.85, 67.28, 67.73, 68.2,
68.66, 69.13, 69.59, 70.04, 70.5, 70.95, 71.41, 71.86, 72.3, 72.78, 73.23, 73.7, 74.15, 74.61, 75.08, 75.55
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Trumpet Solo - Blues",
        "beats":
        [
        76.01, 76.5, 76.97, 77.44, 77.9, 78.38, 78.85, 79.32, 79.78, 80.26, 80.72, 81.18, 81.64, 82.11, 82.59, 83.04,
83.53, 84.0, 84.46, 84.91, 85.37, 85.84, 86.3, 86.77, 87.23, 87.69, 88.14, 88.6, 89.06, 89.52, 89.98, 90.45,
90.9, 91.37, 91.85, 92.3, 92.77, 93.22, 93.68, 94.15, 94.6, 95.05, 95.5, 95.96, 96.43, 96.9, 97.36, 97.83,
98.29, 98.77, 99.23, 99.72, 100.16, 100.63, 101.1, 101.54, 102.0, 102.48, 102.95, 103.42, 103.88, 104.34, 104.81, 105.27,
105.72, 106.17, 106.65, 107.1, 107.56, 108.02, 108.49, 108.96, 109.42, 109.87, 110.33, 110.8, 111.26, 111.72, 112.16, 112.61,
113.08, 113.54, 114.0, 114.46, 114.92, 115.38, 115.85, 116.31, 116.77, 117.22, 117.69, 118.15, 118.61, 119.08, 119.56, 120.04
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |",
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Ensemble - Blues",
        "beats":
        [
        120.5, 120.98, 121.45, 121.92, 122.38, 122.86, 123.32, 123.79, 124.26, 124.73, 125.19, 125.65, 126.12, 126.58, 127.04, 127.51,
127.95, 128.43, 128.88, 129.34, 129.81, 130.27, 130.72, 131.19, 131.64, 132.09, 132.54, 132.99, 133.44, 133.9, 134.35, 134.8,
135.25, 135.72, 136.17, 136.62, 137.1, 137.55, 138.0, 138.47, 138.93, 139.41, 139.89, 140.34, 140.81, 141.27, 141.73, 142.19,
142.65, 143.12, 143.58, 144.05, 144.52, 144.99, 145.44, 145.9, 146.36, 146.82, 147.3, 147.77, 148.24, 148.69, 149.16, 149.61,
150.08, 150.54, 151.0, 151.46, 151.93, 152.39, 152.85, 153.29, 153.77, 154.23, 154.67, 155.13, 155.59, 156.03, 156.48, 156.94,
157.4, 157.86, 158.33, 158.79, 159.26, 159.7, 160.16, 160.62, 161.09, 161.56, 162.01, 162.48, 162.94, 163.39, 163.87, 164.34
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |",
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Collective Improvisation - Blues",
        "beats":
        [
        164.79, 165.27, 165.74, 166.22, 166.69, 167.17, 167.64, 168.11, 168.57, 169.04, 169.51, 169.97, 170.46, 170.93, 171.4, 171.88,
172.35, 172.81, 173.29, 173.77, 174.24, 174.7, 175.16, 175.63, 176.1, 176.59, 177.04, 177.52, 177.98, 178.44, 178.91, 179.38,
179.84, 180.33, 180.79, 181.27, 181.73, 182.19, 182.66, 183.14, 183.61, 184.08, 184.55, 185.02, 185.48, 185.97, 186.42, 186.91
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb D:7 |G:7 |C:7 |F:7 |Bb F:7 |Bb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Ensemble - Coda",
        "beats":
        [
        187.4, 187.88, 188.38, 188.85, 189.34, 189.83, 190.31, 190.8, 191.26
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|N Bb Bb Bb |Bb |"
        ]    
    }    
  ]
 }