Description: Further DetailsTitle: Giant StepsCondition: NewGenre: JazzNo Of Discs: 1Record Label: DOLEdition: Deluxe 12" Album (Gatefold Cover)Release Date: 08/12/2017Style: Hard BopMPN: DOL857HGFormat: VinylArtist: John ColtraneEAN: 0889397218577Description: EDITORIAL REVIEWS The 1998 reissue of GIANT STEPS contains all the original tracks and liner notes plus additional tracks and rare photos. Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Lex Humphries, Jimmy Cobb (drums). Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun. Reissue producer: Bob Carlton, Patrick Milligan. Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on April 1, May 4 and December 2, 1959. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch (DigiPrep). Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Lex Humphries, Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on April 1, May 4 and December 2, 1959. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff. John Coltrane's maiden voyage for Atlantic Records was the fulfillment of all the potential he'd demonstrated with Miles, Monk and on his own Prestige recordings. 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 haiRelease Year: 2017Tracks: 1: Giant Steps2: Cousin Mary3: Countdown4: Spiral5: Syeeda's Song Flute6: Naima7: Mr. P.C. Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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No Of Discs: 1
Edition: Deluxe 12" Album (Gatefold Cover)
Release Date: 08/12/2017
Style: Hard Bop
MPN: DOL857HG
Title: Giant Steps
EAN: 0889397218577
Release Year: 2018
Format: Record
Genre: Jazz
Record Label: DOL
Artist: Coltrane, John
Release Title: Giant Steps