11/26/2023 0 Comments Tenor sax jazz solo transcriptions![]() I have posted other transcriptions of “But Not for Me”, Home At Last, You’re Driving Me Crazy, Parole Parole, as well as a solo of his on a minor blues with Dave O’Higgins. ![]() There is no better etude to study than that! Play it over and over trying to match every note, every articulation, every bend and nuance. Sing along with it by memory, hum it while you are walking and driving. I typically get a few emails a month asking me about what jazz etude books to get and most of the time my response is: Transcribe or take a transcription like this one that you love, and master it! Listen to the recording over and over. Even with all the accents and short notes, it still sounds incredibly smooth and flowing. This whole short clip is full of all sorts of articulation but it never sounds forced or rushed. I am also a big fan of Max’s jazz articulation style. He makes them sound so fluid and swinging! (I wonder if this is due to his mustache….) Besides being one of my favorite tenor sax players, I believe that Max Ionata is also the king of bebop triplets in my mind. Listen to the informal video below and notice how effortless and flowing Max’s lines are. Max Ionata’s Inspiration CD (One of my favorite recordings) Max Ionata plays with a perfect blend of hip jazz lines, crazy technique, a swingin’ time feel, a melodic concept that is so easy to listen to and a tenor saxophone tone that is out of this world! ![]() I absolutely love this short rendition from Instagram of the melody of “I Remember You” with Max’s signature bebop lines weaved within the spaces. These two books are filled with great modern 16th note lines in all 12 keys that you can learn and use while soloing.Here is another swingin’ melody/solo by the great tenor saxophone player from Italy, Max Ionata. If you like these type of outside modern sounding lines like I do, be sure to check out my Devastating Lines for Jazz and Funk Soloing for Minor and Dominant Grooves. Any support is appreciated and will go towards keeping this site running, saxophone reeds, mouthpiece patches, coffee, and towards justifying the many hours I spend on providing free transcriptions to the saxophone community! Thanks, Steve *If you would like to support me here at, you can do so on the support page of my store by debit or credit card. Thanks to Bob Reynolds, Charlie Hunter and Geoff Clapp for not letting this pandemic we are experiencing get in the way of jamming together! Keep it up guys! The world needs funky, soulful grooves right now………īob Reynolds Remote Jam in Eb Minor-Bb PDFīob Reynolds Remote Jam in C# Minor-Concert PDF This is a great feature if you want to play along with a harder solo from Youtube. Youtube has a great feature now where you can click on the “setting” symbol under the video, then click on “playback speed” to adjust the speed from 100% to 75%, 50% or 25%. The transcription is harder to read because of the sixteenth note rhythms but if you dig the solo, I would suggest listening to Bob play each phrase and work through the solo phrase by phrase as you try to copy what he is playing. Great lines and rhythms mixed in with soulful bends and scoops. It’s on a simple Eb minor (for the tenor sax) type of groove and Bob tears it up. I have been a fan of Bob’s for years and when I heard this solo on Youtube last week, I had to write it down. Here is a transcription of a really cool tenor sax solo by Bob Reynolds. ![]()
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