John Coltrane - Giant Steps / 1960

John Coltrane

Giant Steps

Original album released as Atlantic SD-1311, January 1960



CD / 1992 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

01. Giant Steps
02. Cousin Mary
03. Countdown
04. Spiral
05. Syeeda's Song Flute
06. Naima
07. Mr. P.C.
08. Giant Steps *
09. Naima *
10. Cousin Mary *
11. Countdown *
12. Syeeda's Song Flute *



Tracks 8 and 9 were recorded on April 1st, 1959
Tracks 1-5, 7, and 10-12 were recorded on May 4, 1959
Track 6 was recorded on December 2, 1959



Personnel:

Tenor Saxophone, John Coltrane
Piano, Cedar Walton, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly
Bass, Paul Chambers
Drums, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Lex Humphries



Coltrane made two giant steps in 1959: playing on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and recording his first classic, Giant Steps.
A truly great Jazz record, an astonishing tenor-saxophone improvisation.



Straight, no chaser.
:)