I recently recorded this solo as my contribution to a forum thread in which participants were invited to post clips of themselves soloing over a minor blues, preferably using the Dorian scale. I'm only going to leave this track online at Soundcloud for a limited time, as I have the free account, which only allows so much space to be used for tracks. The backing track was downloaded from the "Soulstice" section of Sheryl Bailey's Essentials: Bebop Etudes course.
https://soundcloud.com/governorsilver/equinox-07152018
I still sound like a player who relies a bit too much on scalar runs in my improvisations. I didn't mean to throw in the two-handed tapping bit in there, but the 3rd up from where my left hand pinky was just begging to be played, and my right hand finger just happened to be available. The etudes I've been working on from the Hip Licks For Guitar book and the 30 Sax Licks You Must Know course; as well as bebop licks stolen from recordings and "in the style of" bebop licks that I've made up... I'd hoped more of that stuff would show in my playing. But I understand this is a process that can take some time. Still, I feel like progress has been made.
I'd like more usage of arpeggios and intervallic jumps. The etudes I've been studying and practicing has these in spades so I'll keep practicing them. I think though it would be a good idea to start practicing scales in broken 6tha and 7ths. Sheryl Bailey's etude for "Soulstice" (her version of Equinox) relies on lots of 4ths, as a nod to the quartal harmonies and melodic ideas pioneered by John Coltrane and his quartet at the time. I might work those in too.
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