trading fours
A jazz music term, indicating a pattern in which two solo instruments alternately play 4 measures each.
Engaging in senseless or pointless argument.
Engaging in senseless or pointless argument.
"You better move now little darlin' or you'll be
trading fours with the Jack of Speed" . . .
Steely Dan's 'Jack of Speed' from Two Against Nature, 2000
trading fours with the Jack of Speed" . . .
Steely Dan's 'Jack of Speed' from Two Against Nature, 2000
traded four's
A jazz phrase. To trade 4's means to alternate 4 bar phrases, usually of improvization.
Tonight I traded four's with a guy whistling Bolero tonight while walking down the street.