“These Foolish Things” Billie Holiday/1952

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) 454d929d-f954-48bb-ac2c-755e349eb08d
Time Signature 4/4
Key Ab
Duration 217.29 s
Tuning 440.97 Hz
Recording Dates 1952-03-26 - 1952-03-26
Composer(s) Jack Strachey, Harry Link

Line-up

guitar Barney Kessel
double bass Ray Brown
vocal Billie Holiday
piano Oscar Peterson
drums (drum set) Alvin Stoller

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 109
Mean BPM 62.4050807676
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 2.055045871559633
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 64 28.3185840708 62.04 28.5517050946
min 71 31.4159292035 67.36 31.0000460214
dom 75 33.185840708 72.31 33.2781075981
hdim7 10 4.42477876106 9.34 4.29840305582
dim 4 1.76991150442 3.76 1.73040636937
N 2 0.884955752212 2.48 1.14133186065
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

these_foolish_things.json

{
  "tuning": 440.97, 
  "artist": "Billie Holiday", 
  "title": "These Foolish Things", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 2/11 - Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra - These Foolish Things.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":"Ab"
   },
  "mbid": "454d929d-f954-48bb-ac2c-755e349eb08d", 
  "duration": 217.29,
  "parts":
            [
                {
                    "name":"Intro",
                    "beats":
                    [
                    0.64, 1.77, 2.82, 3.86, 4.86, 5.95, 7.07, 8.13, 9.27, 10.27, 11.31, 12.25, 13.29, 14.15, 15.09, 15.88,
16.78, 17.65, 18.52, 19.49
                    ],
                    "chords":
                    [
                        "|Eb |Eb |Eb |Eb Eb Eb Ab |C#:maj7 B:maj7 A:maj6 A:maj6 |"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name":"Vocals Female - AABA",
                    "beats":
                    [
                    20.49, 21.58, 22.57, 23.5, 24.46, 25.4, 26.31, 27.27, 28.19, 29.14, 30.01, 30.97, 31.88, 32.85, 33.79, 34.71,
35.64, 36.56, 37.53, 38.44, 39.37, 40.27, 41.17, 42.1, 43.02, 43.96, 44.89, 45.83, 46.77, 47.7, 48.62, 49.55,
50.5, 51.47, 52.38, 53.35, 54.28, 55.2, 56.13, 57.04, 57.98, 58.91, 59.83, 60.78, 61.74, 62.66, 63.66, 64.59,
65.53, 66.5, 67.39, 68.37, 69.3, 70.27, 71.19, 72.13, 73.11, 74.03, 74.98, 75.94, 76.91, 77.84, 78.77, 79.72,
80.66, 81.65, 82.54, 83.46, 84.38, 85.35, 86.24, 87.19, 88.09, 89.05, 89.94, 90.91, 91.79, 92.7, 93.6, 94.54,
95.48, 96.38, 97.3, 98.26, 99.16, 100.12, 101.04, 101.97, 102.93, 103.89, 104.82, 105.78, 106.71, 107.66, 108.59, 109.5,
110.48, 111.43, 112.34, 113.34, 114.29, 115.3, 116.24, 117.15, 118.08, 119.04, 119.96, 120.99, 121.93, 122.9, 123.84, 124.8,
125.77, 126.68, 127.65, 128.62, 129.57, 130.47, 131.43, 132.36, 133.32, 134.31, 135.23, 136.17, 137.16, 138.11, 139.05, 139.98
                    ],
                    "chords":
                    [
                        "|Ab:maj7 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Ab/3 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Bb:min7 E:min7 A:7 |Eb:min7 Ab:7 |Db:maj7 Db:maj7 C:7 F:7 |Bb:7 |Eb:7 Bb:min7 |",
                        "|Ab:maj7 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Ab/3 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Bb:min7 E:min7 A:7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Db:maj7 Db:maj7 C:7 F:7 |Bb:7 Eb:7 |Ab:maj6 Ab:maj6 D:hdim7 G:7 |",
                        "|C:min7 A:hdim7 |D:hdim7 G:(3,5,b7,b9) |C:min7 |F:7 F:7 Ab:7 Db:min7 |Eb:maj7 C:min7 |F:min7 Bb:7 |Eb:7 A:dim7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |",
                        "|Ab:maj7 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Ab/3 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Bb:min7 E:min7 A:7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Db:maj7 Db:maj7 C:7 F:7 |Bb:7 |Ab:maj6 Ab:maj6 D:hdim7 G:7 |"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name":"Vocals Female - BA",
                    "beats":
                    [
                    140.95, 141.92, 142.91, 143.83, 144.79, 145.75, 146.67, 147.62, 148.55, 149.51, 150.46, 151.37, 152.31, 153.18, 154.12, 155.07,
155.99, 156.9, 157.85, 158.82, 159.75, 160.64, 161.58, 162.54, 163.51, 164.51, 165.4, 166.34, 167.27, 168.2, 169.21, 170.19,
171.14, 172.08, 173.04, 174.07, 174.99, 175.97, 177.0, 177.95, 178.89, 179.86, 180.77, 181.74, 182.7, 183.64, 184.66, 185.59,
186.6, 187.52, 188.45, 189.37, 190.28, 191.32, 192.28, 193.31, 194.37, 196.61, 197.7, 198.64, 199.64, 200.69, 201.66,
202.5, 203.39, 204.31, 205.14, 206.07, 207.78, 208.75, 209.69, 210.7, 211.63, 212.57, 213.56, 214.49, 215.45
                    ],
                    "chords":
                    [
                        "|C:min7 A:hdim7 |D:hdim7 G:(3,5,b7,b9) |C:min7 |F:7 Bb:7 |Eb:maj7 C:min7 |F:min7 Bb:7 |Eb:7 A:dim7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |",
                        "|Ab:maj7 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Ab/3 F:min7 |Bb:min7 Bb:min7 E:min7 A:7 |Bb:min7 Eb:7 |Db:maj7 Db:maj7 C:7 F:7 |Bb:7 Eb:7 |Eb:7 |E A:maj6 |",
                        "|Ab:maj6 |Ab:maj6 |"
                    ]
                }
            ]
 }