“He’s Funny That Way” Billie Holiday/1937

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) 6d6020a9-3816-4bd1-8a2f-8672b0ea2921
Time Signature 4/4
Key Bb
Duration 160.71 s
Tuning 444.66 Hz
Recording Dates 1937-09-13 - 1937-09-13
Composer(s) Charles N. Daniels

Line-up

tenor saxophone Lester Young
piano Claude Thornhill
clarinet Buster Bailey
guitar Freddie Green
double bass Walter Page
trumpet Buck Clayton
vocal Billie Holiday
drums (drum set) Jo Jones

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 101
Mean BPM 102.296061228
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 2.6930693069306932
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 114 41.6058394161 65.89 40.9993155373
min 64 23.3576642336 37.06 23.0601704934
dom 82 29.9270072993 47.5 29.5563437247
hdim7 12 4.3795620438 6.95 4.32455976604
dim 0 0.0 0 0.0
N 2 0.729927007299 3.31 2.0596104785
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

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Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

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Source Annotation

he_s_funny_that_way.json

{
  "tuning": 444.66, 
  "artist": "Billie Holiday", 
  "title": "He's Funny That Way", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 2/10 - Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra - He's Funny That Way.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":"Bb"
  }, 
  "mbid": "6d6020a9-3816-4bd1-8a2f-8672b0ea2921", 
  "duration": 160.71,
  "parts":
  [
    {
        "name":"Intro",
        "beats":
        [
        0.51, 1.1, 1.68, 2.26, 2.8, 3.4, 3.96, 4.52, 5.08, 5.66, 6.24, 6.82, 7.36, 7.93, 8.5, 9.08
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 C:7 |C:min7 F:min7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female - AABA",
        "beats":
        [
        9.66, 10.25, 10.83, 11.38, 11.98, 12.57, 13.14, 13.72, 14.3, 14.87, 15.44, 16.03, 16.6, 17.19, 17.77, 18.35,
18.94, 19.51, 20.08, 20.65, 21.22, 21.79, 22.37, 22.94, 23.52, 24.1, 24.67, 25.23, 25.81, 26.39, 26.96, 27.54,
28.11, 28.68, 29.26, 29.84, 30.42, 30.98, 31.57, 32.15, 32.72, 33.3, 33.88, 34.43, 35.0, 35.58, 36.15, 36.75,
37.34, 37.92, 38.5, 39.07, 39.65, 40.22, 40.77, 41.35, 41.91, 42.48, 43.06, 43.64, 44.22, 44.78, 45.36, 45.94,
46.51, 47.1, 47.67, 48.27, 48.82, 49.41, 50.0, 50.6, 51.17, 51.75, 52.33, 52.89, 53.47, 54.05, 54.63, 55.2,
55.78, 56.35, 56.94, 57.53, 58.11, 58.67, 59.25, 59.84, 60.42, 60.98, 61.57, 62.14, 62.73, 63.31, 63.89, 64.47,
65.07, 65.65, 66.23, 66.82, 67.41, 68.01, 68.6, 69.16, 69.74, 70.32, 70.89, 71.47, 72.05, 72.63, 73.22, 73.8,
74.37, 74.95, 75.53, 76.1, 76.68, 77.26, 77.84, 78.4, 78.99, 79.55, 80.12, 80.7, 81.28, 81.87, 82.44, 83.01
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 C:7 |C:min7 F:min7 |", 
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |",
            "|Eb:min7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 |C:7 |F:7 |",
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Sax Solo, Vocals Female - AABA",
        "beats":
        [
        83.59, 84.18, 84.76, 85.33, 85.9, 86.48, 87.04, 87.62, 88.19, 88.77, 89.34, 89.92, 90.5, 91.07, 91.65, 92.22,
92.81, 93.39, 93.97, 94.54, 95.11, 95.69, 96.25, 96.84, 97.41, 97.99, 98.57, 99.16, 99.73, 100.3, 100.89, 101.48,
102.06, 102.63, 103.22, 103.8, 104.4, 104.98, 105.56, 106.14, 106.72, 107.29, 107.86, 108.43, 109.0, 109.58, 110.16, 110.74,
111.32, 111.91, 112.48, 113.05, 113.63, 114.22, 114.79, 115.37, 115.94, 116.52, 117.1, 117.67, 118.25, 118.84, 119.38, 119.95,
120.54, 121.12, 121.71, 122.3, 122.87, 123.46, 124.05, 124.63, 125.21, 125.77, 126.37, 126.94, 127.53, 128.12, 128.71, 129.28,
129.88, 130.47, 131.05, 131.64, 132.23, 132.83, 133.41, 133.99, 134.57, 135.15, 135.72, 136.3, 136.9, 137.48, 138.05, 138.64,
139.22, 139.8, 140.42, 141.0, 141.59, 142.18, 142.74, 143.31, 143.91, 144.49, 145.06, 145.65, 146.23, 146.81, 147.38, 147.97,
148.56, 149.16, 149.73, 150.31, 150.91, 151.51, 152.1, 152.69, 153.27, 153.86, 154.45, 155.04, 155.63, 156.23, 156.77, 157.37,
157.91
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 C:7 |C:min7 F:min7 |", 
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |",
            "|Eb:min7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 |C:7 |F:7 |",
            "|Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |Bb:maj7 F:(3,#5,b7) |D:hdim7 G:7 |Eb:maj7 |Eb:min7 |Bb:maj7 F:7 |Bb:maj7 |"
        ]
    }
  ]
 }