Note choice makes a difference on saxophone. If the notes you play are interesting and stand out, the audience will appreciate that. They make the music colorful.
That being said, don’t focus all of your attention on the notes. It’s just one piece of the music.
Practicing Scales on Saxophone: How to Not Waste Your Time
Beginning Saxophone – Major Scales Question
Harmonic Structure & Poetic Structure
Basic Jazz Chords Chart
Minor Scales for Saxophone – Playing the variations of the minor scales on sax
Chord Exercises on Saxophone
Circle of Fifths (Fourths)
Circle of Fifths Question
Saxophone Pentatonic Scales – Major & Minor
How do you practice your scales on saxophone?
Pentatonic Scales for Tenor Sax
Making Arpeggios Sound Good on Saxophone
Active Ingredients for Chords on Saxophone
Sax Chords
“What Scales Go with Chords – and if you have to play every chord you see in a tune”
Playing All the Notes in a Chord When You Solo on Saxophone?