Chords & Changes

Lester Leaps In

Lester Leaps In — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Lester Leaps In was composed by Lester Young. It dates from 1939. It is in Bb major, 32 bars long, and in AABC (8-8-8-8) form.

Key facts

Composer	Lester Young
Lyricist	Not listed
Year	1939
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	AABC (8-8-8-8)
Bars	32
Key	Bb major

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; year — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — wjazzd; form — wjazzd; bars — wjazzd; key — wjazzd; performances — wjazzd.

Reference links: Wikidata Q14932274 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb major Key

Section A1

Section A2

Section B1

Section A3

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Joe Temperley & Jimmy Knepper — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1979
Charlie Parker — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1988
Count Basie — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1999
The Old Spice Boys — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2002
Charlie Parker Quartet — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2005
Buck Clayton All Stars & Earl Hines — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2006

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Lester Young (tenor sax) — Lester's Be-Bop Boogie
Swing · 251 bpm · swing feel
2005

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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