🎷 AotW: Jazz John Coltrane - GIANT STEPS

[Captain Bacardi]

John Coltrane
GIANT STEPS
Atlantic Records LP 1311

Released 1960

Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun

Songs:

1. Giant Steps - 4:43​

2. Cousin Mary - 5:45​

3. Countdown - 2:21​

4. Spiral - 5:56​

5. Syeeda's Song Flute - 7:00​

6. Naima - 4:21​

7. Mr. P.C. - 6:57​

8. Giant Steps - 3:40*​

9. Naima - 4:27*​

10. Cousin Mary - 5:54*​

11. Countdown - 4:33*​

12. Syeeda's Song Flute - 7:02*​

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* - CD Bonus Tracks​

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All compositions by John Coltrane​

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Musicians:
John Coltrane - Tenor Sax
Paul Chambers - Bass
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Wynton Kelly - Piano (6)
Cedar Walton - Piano (8, 9)
Art Taylor - Drums
Jimmy Cobb - Drums (6)
Lex Humphries - Drums (8, 9)

Tracks 1-5 and Track 7 and Tracks 10-12 were recorded on May 5, 1959
Track 6 was recorded on December 2, 1959
Tracks 8 & 9 were recorded on April 1, 1959

All tracks were recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY
Recording Engineers: Tom Dowd and Phil Iehle
Cover Photo: Lee Friedlander
Cover Design: Marvin Israel
Liner Notes: Nat Hentoff

Available at Amazon.com (with song samples): http://www.amazon.com/Giant-Steps/d...984&sr=1-2&keywords=john+coltrane+giant+steps



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Wow. I've been offline for a couple of weeks and no one has heard this album???? Incredible!

This is classic Coltrane. He had just finished recording Kind Of Blue with Miles' band when he recorded this album. This established his "sheets of sound" tag that was given to him. 'Trane is nothing less than amazing on these tracks. "Giant Steps" is a tough tune to play to begin with given the ever changing chord progression throughout the song, but Trane makes it sound easy. The same can be said with "Countdown". On the other hand he can also display his quieter side with the ballad "Naima". My favorite track is the grooving "Mr. P.C.", written for Paul Chambers.

While the alternate tracks are interesting to listen to, they don't really add to the album. There's a reason the original album had the first 7 tracks. They were simply better takes.



Capt. Bacardi