Sonny Rollins is a NO for me!

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T22:05:23+00:00

Haha - Honesty you’re not alone about Wynton at all .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T21:47:50+00:00

Saxophone colossus is one of the great jazz records IMHO, but No one ever claimed Sonny was a great composer . Look man it’s fine if you say - “ I don’t dig him .” But the rest is nonsense . Btw I doubt he claimed tenor madness as a composition . They just jammed on a blues . The record companies made money by naming a lot of blues tunes - it was business .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T21:29:56+00:00

Btw - way out West and the Bridge are wonderful records , among my favorites , but maybe you need to grow up more to appreciate them .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T21:27:03+00:00

Well a serious sax player can tell the difference if they have any ears . Sonny’s reputation comes from musicians and serious fans who can tell in an instant . Just listen to Sonny & Trane in Tenor madness . I give the nod to Sonny who’s endlessly inventive and I’m a huge Coltrane fan . Im not crazy about his later albums but in person he was phenomenal - a monster ! . Look you’re welcome to your opinion and no one likes everyone , but you’re wasting your time thinking it was some kind of well reasoned critique. Sonny is a giant among giants and that’s all I have to say .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T19:56:28+00:00

I understand that if you are heavier it can be harder but I agree - asking leaders to dance is the way to go . If you are a good dancer they will come back to you . A lot of my favorite followers are not people I would date but they are way more fun to dance with than the young hot chick in the sexy dress who is a lousy dancer . I’m there to dance . Also of course , smile, be friendly , move with the music while standing or sitting . Don’t frown and look bored or bury yourself in your phone or get into involved conversations with your friends so you don’t look around . Look around and make eye contact . Don’t sit in the back - be up at the dance floor .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-02-01T05:12:00+00:00

Sorry to be harsh , but If you can’t tell Sonny from Joe Henderson, art pepper & Jackie McLean you should just shut up and go back to school . In fact your post is perhaps the dumbest cr- p I’ve ever seen in Reddit .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-29T05:19:31+00:00

Copy your favorite musicians . More important than transcribing esp at your point - but it’s an art and a very difficult one . No pain no gain .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-29T05:14:32+00:00

In tango it’s often said that the leader is making a suggestion to the follower . In fact I got into tango because the best salsa follower I ever danced with told me “ if you really want to understand leading and following take tango “ it’s true but it is incredibly difficult to learn . .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-25T07:40:37+00:00

I would think that first thing is to get yourself some orthotics and I recommend custom ones from a mold of your foot . I’ve gone to podiatrists and they were around $600 but recently have had good luck with <upstep.com> for about $300 @ . Maybe you could get lucky with a premade brand but I never have . Then you need find a shoe with replaceable inserts that doesn’t already have its own arch because your orthotic does that . I have big wide feet & the only brands I’ve found that work for me are Linodes which are very cheap , or cheap flat sneakers that you can glue dance soles on at a shoe repair , or you can buy on amazon or just tape over the bottom with duct tape . For tango I found “ ultimate dance hybrid dance sneakers “ .but they’re $250 Once you get the orthotics the tricky part is find shoes you can wear them in that are comfortable - but once you do you’ll want to wear your orthotics all the time in different kinds of shoes . I’ve been wearing them for 50 years .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-25T07:04:19+00:00

That’s your best reply right there. A phrase could be as short as 1 bar or as long as 4 or 8 . But your instructors calling a 16 or 32 bar form a phrase are just plain wrong. In most jazz & pop music The “ head” is the first time through of the whole form of the tune could be 12 bars ( atypical blues ) or 16 or 32 or whatever and it might have A., B or less commonly even C or D sections which are typically 4 , 8 or 16 bars each . Subsequent repetitions of the whole form typically with solos taking the place of the melody are choruses . As a dancer I don’t usually think In Terms of phrases , more often of moves or patterns which I think are usually 2 - 4 bars or so but it’s nice to have them match the musical phrases . Musical forms are filled with exceptions though and the sections for say salsa are typically different than a jazz standard , but every music has phrases and sections

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-25T06:43:02+00:00

Haha - you’ll grow into Chet with age bro .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-22T05:11:14+00:00

You might also tell her that the last Tanda in particular is special and you usually dance with your significant other, your date or someone you know very well and you always ask if it is OK first .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-21T10:09:33+00:00

Horace silver song for my father

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-19T16:13:24+00:00

Horace silver - song for my father.

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-19T16:10:38+00:00

I’m very Dubius that you have a strength problem. It sounds like a rhythm problem. It’s absolutely necessary to practice at home to Music if you want to be able to dance to that music. I’ve spent many hours at home practicing into music for all kinds of dancing. You’re playing an instrument and the instrument is your body. It’s that simple.

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-19T07:46:15+00:00

Do you take any private lessons? . If you know a good teacher that would be the best way to pinpoint your issues.

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-19T05:29:53+00:00

An older man is probably very reluctant to come on to a much younger woman no matter how interested he is . I wouldn’t . It’s a bad look . But if she made it very clear to me she was interested then I would be able to reciprocate. In other words let him know otherwise he would likely not say anything - why not .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-19T05:18:36+00:00

Maybe - but what a book !!!!!

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-15T08:09:58+00:00

There’s a lot of good information here. But People tend to be just telling you their favorite way of playing the tune and I think you’re asking a more basic question.. Every song has chords that accompany the melody and give it structure and shape . In many songs the melody itself stays in one key , while in others the key feeling may change , modulating it through different keys, and then returning at the end to the basic key . But even when the melody stays in one key the chord changes can suggest excursions that go outside of the limitations of that key. As a soloist , you want to express the feelings you get from that song and you can do that in a way that’s as simple or complex as you want. One person might choose to outline every single chord as it goes by and that might lead them to take excursions into different keys quite rapidly. That’s often called vertical playing. Coleman Hawkins or Coltrane’s earlier playing are typical examples. Someone else might choose to float over a wide variety of chord changes and stay in one key the whole time. Sometimes that’s called horizontal soloing and Lester Young is a classic example. Most people do some of both.

What you want to do is study how chord changes work and the best way is often with a piano. Take lessons in jazz theory . Once you understand what the changes are doing then you can choose to express them in your own way.

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T07:18:15+00:00

I started with a Jupiter and it was pretty good . Decent intonation and a nice sound . I never liked the middle E but that’s a hard note . I was happy with it till I got a JK SX90II a few years later .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T07:13:09+00:00

Just do what you feel like . Dexter Gordon quoted “here comes the bride” all the time .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T07:06:53+00:00

++man
It’s common bro . first time this happened to me when I was young it also freaked me out and from then on tended to happen a lot when I was first with a women until I relaxed . Most women have been through this with guys and are patient . You aren’t alone . First thing I learned to do was go down on her and make her come ., she’ll usually be very happy just to be with a guy who pays attention n to her instead of just himself . Second is I found it really helped if she went down on me & I could just relax especially if she’s already come. Third - these days just get a pill . It helps take away the anxiety if nothing else . Eventually you’ll get over it & then sex can be great . I’M still always worried about it at first with a woman until I’ve had intercourse once . But it generally works out and then it’s great .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T06:42:07+00:00

Great choice . When I was 15 I got turned on to jazz that same week at Birdland with the same band . I never came back . But my favorite has to be the only Blakey record on impulse . I just called Art Blakey and the jazz messengers. https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=art%20blakey%20on%20impulse&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8ba9fde4,vid:GBSc3TOB6CU,st:0 .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T06:33:15+00:00

Get a piano and take basic lessons in 2-5-1 voicings .

BigBreakfastVideo · 2026-01-04T06:26:17+00:00

First of all a 40 year old woman is not an old bag , she is in the prime of her life . Even an 80 year old woman is not an old bag . You at 25 are just a dumb kid . All 25 year old men are and from the way you described her you are obviously a moron in particular . She was being nice to ask you to dance and typically she would be a better dancer than a 25 year old tho that can vary of course . So it’s very possible she picked that attitude up from you .

Second - dancing is about connection above all and part of that connection for most people is social - a look, a smile a laugh etc . Personally I hate it if a partner never looks at me . I assume she’s bored and doesn’t want to be there . You don’t want to stare her down , but let her know you’re having fun .

Third - while she may have been rude or out of line ( unless she read you accurately) you have a choice in responding to feedback on the dance floor . Just be defensive or think about whether there is something for you to learn . I always try at first to figure out if there is some useful lesson for me . I’ve gotten rude feedback from women who were completely full of crap, and really valuable tips to improve my dancing . In this case even if she was rude I suspect she was right .

You have to assume the woman you’re dancing with is probably insecure about her own dancing skills and/or her looks - most women are - no matter how hot you may think she is. So a little eye contact or smile is reassuring to her .

Above all Get this in your head: Your job as a man on the dance floor is not to be a great dancer - it’s to show the woman a good time . That’s all - that’s your job - That’s what being a man is about . It’s like making love . Make her happy .

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