“West End Blues” Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five/1928

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) 47642404-0c14-4e75-a51b-abb862587fe9
Time Signature 4/4
Key Eb
Duration 201.29 s
Tuning 439.81 Hz
Recording Dates 1928-06-28 - 1928-06-28
Composer(s) King Oliver

Line-up

clarinet Jimmy Strong
membranophone Zutty Singleton
banjo Mancy “Peck” Carr
piano Earl Hines
trumpet Louis Armstrong
trombone Fred Robinson
vocal Louis Armstrong

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 63
Mean BPM 80.4808982066
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 4.0
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 114 42.2222222222 83.42 41.4426946197
min 0 0.0 0 0.0
dom 134 49.6296296296 97.2 48.2885389239
hdim7 0 0.0 0 0.0
dim 4 1.48148148148 2.85 1.41586765363
N 18 6.66666666667 17.82 8.85289880272
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

../_images/west_end_blues-1.png

Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

../_images/west_end_blues-2.png

Source Annotation

west_end_blues.json

 {
  "tuning": 439.81, 
  "artist": "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five", 
  "title": "West End Blues", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//Jazz_ The Smithsonian Anthology/CD1/Disc 1 - 11 - West End Blues.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
    "key":"Eb"
  }, 
  "mbid": "47642404-0c14-4e75-a51b-abb862587fe9", 
  "duration": 201.29,
  "parts":
          [
            {
              "name":"Intro",
              "beats":
                      [
                       1.18, 1.95, 2.72, 3.49, 4.25, 5.01, 5.76, 6.51, 7.26, 8.01, 8.76, 9.5, 10.22, 10.94, 11.66, 12.41, 13.16, 13.91, 14.66, 15.4
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|N  |N  |N  |N  |Bb:aug |"

                      ]
            },
            {
              "name":"Head - Blues",
              "beats":
                      [
                      16.13, 16.86, 17.6, 18.34, 19.08, 19.82, 20.57, 21.32, 22.07, 22.8, 23.53, 24.26, 24.98, 25.7, 26.41, 27.12, 27.81,
28.49, 29.17, 29.85, 30.58, 31.31, 32.04, 32.76, 33.48, 34.19, 34.9, 35.61, 36.32, 37.03, 37.74, 38.45, 39.16,
39.88, 40.6, 41.31, 42.01, 42.71, 43.41, 44.13, 44.86, 45.59, 46.32, 47.05, 47.78, 48.52, 49.26, 50.0
                      ],
               "chords":
                       [
                         "|Eb  |Eb  |Eb  |Eb:7 |Ab:9 |Ab:7 |Eb   |Eb   |Bb:7  |Bb:7  |Eb Eb:7 C:dim Ab:7 |Eb Eb:7 Bb:7 Bb:7 |"

                       ]
            },
            {
              "name":"Trombone Solo - Blues",
              "beats":
                      [
                       50.74, 51.48, 52.21, 52.94, 53.68, 54.41, 55.14, 55.87, 56.61, 57.33, 58.05, 58.77, 59.48, 60.18, 60.88, 61.6, 62.32,
63.04, 63.75, 64.46, 65.17, 65.88, 66.59, 67.28, 67.97, 68.66, 69.38, 70.1, 70.82, 71.53, 72.24, 72.95, 73.66,
74.37, 75.08, 75.79, 76.5, 77.21, 77.92, 78.63, 79.34, 80.05, 80.76, 81.47, 82.18, 82.89, 83.6, 84.32
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|Eb  |Eb  |Eb  |Eb:7 |Ab:9 |Ab:7 |Eb   |Eb   |Bb:7  |Bb:7  |Eb Eb:7 C:dim Ab:7 |Eb Eb:7 Bb:7 Bb:7 |"

                      ]
            },
            {
              "name":"Scat, Clarinet Solo - Blues",
              "beats":
                      [
                        85.06,85.8, 86.52, 87.24, 87.96, 88.68, 89.4, 90.12, 90.84, 91.58, 92.32, 93.06, 93.79, 94.51, 95.23, 95.95, 96.68,
97.41, 98.14, 98.87, 99.59, 100.31, 101.04, 101.77, 102.5, 103.23, 103.96, 104.69, 105.42, 106.15, 106.88, 107.61, 108.33,
109.06, 109.79, 110.52, 111.26, 112.0, 112.74, 113.47, 114.2, 114.93, 115.67, 116.41, 117.15, 117.89, 118.63, 119.34
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|Eb  |Eb  |Eb  |Eb:7 |Ab:9 |Ab:7 |Eb   |Eb   |Bb:7  |Bb:7  |Eb Eb:7 C:dim Ab:7 |Eb Eb:7 Bb:7 Bb:7 |"

                      ]
            },
            {
              "name":"Piano Solo - Blues",
              "beats":
                      [
                       120.05, 120.76, 121.47, 122.18, 122.89, 123.6, 124.3, 125.0, 125.7, 126.4, 127.1, 127.77, 128.44, 129.12, 129.83, 130.54, 131.26,
131.98, 132.68, 133.38, 134.07, 134.76, 135.48, 136.2, 136.92, 137.63, 138.33, 139.03, 139.73, 140.43, 141.15, 141.87, 142.59,
143.31, 144.02, 144.73, 145.45, 146.18, 146.91, 147.61, 148.28, 148.94, 149.6, 150.27, 150.98, 151.71, 152.44, 153.18
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|Eb  |Bb:7 |Eb:7 |Eb:7 |Ab:9 |Ab Ab:7 |Eb   |Eb   |Bb:7  |Bb:7  |Eb Eb:7 C:dim Ab:7 |Eb Eb:7 Bb:7 Bb:7 |"

                      ]
            },
            {
              "name":"Head - Blues",
              "beats":
                      [
                       153.93, 154.68, 155.43, 156.18, 156.92, 157.66, 158.39, 159.12, 159.85, 160.59, 161.33, 162.06, 162.79, 163.52, 164.24, 164.96, 165.68,
166.4, 167.12, 167.84, 168.57, 169.3, 170.03, 170.76, 171.48, 172.2, 172.92, 173.64, 174.36, 175.08, 175.81, 176.54, 177.27,
178.0, 178.73, 179.45, 180.17, 180.89, 181.6, 182.31, 183.02, 183.73, 184.45, 185.19, 186.0, 186.81, 187.64, 188.47, 189.3,
190.13, 191.05, 191.97, 192.89, 193.81, 194.73, 195.68, 196.63, 197.58, 198.53, 199.48, 200.43
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|Eb  |Eb  |Eb  |Eb:7 |Ab:9 |Ab:7 |Eb   |Eb   |Bb:7  |Bb:7  |Eb |Eb Eb:7 Bb:7 Bb:7 |",
                        "|Eb:7 Eb:7 Eb:7 Bb:7 |Bb:7 Eb Eb Eb |"

                      ]
            }
          ]
 }