I'll echo what dstack79 said: "Blow!"
I dig your sound and melodic concept, but I was distracted by what you were playing because I had to listen for it (does that make sense?).
My best advice: Practice everything with a metronome. Set a metronome at 60 and it becomes your 2&4 (high hat) and play through all of your scales. Do the same with transcriptions and when you're learning tunes. I never thought it was a big deal until a year ago when I started really putting it into practice, and let me tell you....it pays off! It really helps with your swing and sense of time (phrasing, feel, all the stuff that separates a good solo from a great one).
One more thing, when you use altissimo make sure it makes sense in the context of the solo and that it definitely leads somewhere or serves as a climax.
Other than those few things, you sound great. Nice work on a Nestico tune!
I dig your sound and melodic concept, but I was distracted by what you were playing because I had to listen for it (does that make sense?).
My best advice: Practice everything with a metronome. Set a metronome at 60 and it becomes your 2&4 (high hat) and play through all of your scales. Do the same with transcriptions and when you're learning tunes. I never thought it was a big deal until a year ago when I started really putting it into practice, and let me tell you....it pays off! It really helps with your swing and sense of time (phrasing, feel, all the stuff that separates a good solo from a great one).
One more thing, when you use altissimo make sure it makes sense in the context of the solo and that it definitely leads somewhere or serves as a climax.
Other than those few things, you sound great. Nice work on a Nestico tune!
