Last night, I received an email from Curtis over at saxsolos.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Saxsolo.com is probably the biggest saxophone transcription site on the internet with over 5300 solos at the time of this blog post.<\/p>\n Curtis told me he finished this Max Ionata solo a few weeks ago and asked if I wanted to look at it.\u00a0 I, of course said YES!!!\u00a0 I asked if I could share it with all of you and Curtis was kind enough to give his permission.\u00a0 Thanks Curtis!<\/p>\n Max Ionata’s Inspiration CD<\/strong><\/p>\n What grabbed my attention first about Max Ionata’s Youtube rendition of “But Not for Me” is Max’s tenor tone.\u00a0 I have probably listened to this clip over a thousand times.\u00a0 In my mind, this is just the perfect tenor saxophone tone. Lush and thick with a perfect balance of dark and bright. Simply beautiful!<\/p>\n The second thing I love about this clip is how laid back and swinging it is. Even during the burning lines it still has that laid back relaxed feel.\u00a0 Every eighth note is perfectly placed and swingin’.<\/p>\n The third thing I love is Max Ionata’s lines.\u00a0 It is obvious that he has studied the tradition and knows much of the traditional jazz vocabulary.\u00a0 He couples these classic lines with his own in such a smooth way that it’s hard to tell where one ends and another begins.\u00a0 This solo alone could be studied for a year and provide a student with countless jazz vocabulary!<\/p>\n Hope you enjoy the solo!\u00a0 Thanks to Max Ionata for playing this incredible solo and Curtis over at saxsolos.com<\/a> for sharing it!\u00a0 Do yourself a favor and check out some of the other 5299 solos over at Curtis’s website and be sure to check out\u00a0 Max Ionata’s website<\/a> as well!<\/p>\n![\"Frahm\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2018\/maxinspiration.jpg\")
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