Giant Steps (Mono Remastered) John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk
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Album-Release:
1959
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06.11.2014
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- 1 Giant Steps 04:48
- 2 Cousin Mary 05:50
- 3 Countdown (44.1 kHz) 02:25
- 4 Spiral 06:01
- 5 Syeeda's Song Flute 07:06
- 6 Naima 04:25
- 7 Mr. P.C. 06:58
Info for Giant Steps (Mono Remastered)
Recorded in May 1959 (one month after completing Davis' KIND OF BLUE), GIANT STEPS is Coltrane's first recital to feature nothing but his own original compositions, and is the culmination of his obsessive foray into harmony.
By taking all of the notes in a chord--and trying to find every possible inversion and relevant substitution--the saxophonist was forced to develop a complex new form of melodic phrasing that enabled him to rhythmically crowd every permutation into a single phrase. The effect is not only technically impressive, but an emotional marvel as well. On equestrian events such as the up-tempo title tune and 'Countdown,' Coltrane blazes through the changes with a torrential effusion of ideas, each phrase connected to the next with unerring logic and a sublime sense of symmetry. Every note in the lower, middle and upper register of his horn is articulated with power, precision and a variety of expressive timbres.
His manipulation of overtones and multiphonics imparts a hair-raising vocal immediacy to his cry, and each solo culminates in a stirring emotional catharsis. This is bebop to the tenth power. But the joy of Coltrane's art is not predicated on its intellectual dexterity. The charming stop-time cadences of 'Syeeda's Song Flute' depict an upbeat, child-like disposition, inspiring a particularly celebratory Coltrane solo. The vamping figures of 'Cousin Mary' and 'Mr. P.C.' lead to solos permeated with blues fervor. And of course, there's 'Naima' (written for John's first wife), one of the saxophonist's tenderest, most enduring themes, with a melody that floats above Tommy Flanagan's serene chordal colors like a solitary cloud at dusk.
'...essential for all serious jazz collections....The culmination of 'Trane's sheets-of-sound period...GIANT STEPS brought the chordal improvising of bebop to its breaking point...' (JazzTimes)
'...[Coltrane] has managed to combine all the swing of Pres with the virility of Hawkins and added to it a highly individual, personal sound as well as a complex and logical, and therefore fascinating, mind...tag this LP as one of the important ones...' (Down Beat)
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan, piano
Wynton Kelly, piano
Cedar Walton, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Art Taylor, drums
Lex Humphries, drums
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on April 1, May 4 and December 2, 1959
Engineered by Tom Dowd, Phil Iehle
Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
Digitally remastered
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