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Giant Steps is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. [1] [2] [4] This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label, with which he had signed a new contract the previous year. The record is regarded as one of the most influential jazz albums of all time.
Giant Steps was a pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist/producer Colin Campsie and bassist/keyboardist/producer George McFarlane. They had previously recorded as the Quick . Giant Steps' only album, The Book of Pride , was released in 1988, and its first single " Another Lover " became a hit in the United States, peaking at No. 13 on ...
It was a significant step in Peterson's career when his first full-length play, Take a Giant Step, opened on Broadway in 1953. The Broadway-tryout performances began in Hartford, Connecticut in 1953 at the New Parsons Theatre. The legendary actress Helen Hayes helped get the play produced. [3]
There are four released versions of "Giant Steps" from Coltrane's original 1959 sessions. All are collected on the Atlantic Masters CD Edition of Giant Steps released in 1998. [1] Two versions, catalogued as alternative versions 1 and 2, feature Cedar Walton on piano and Lex Humphries on drums and were recorded on March 26, 1959.
AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, with reviewer Bob Rusch stating: "This set was particularly inventive; it was Coltrane's music, but it drinks of its own spirit. You won't listen for the familiar Trane solos, but you will listen!"
Giant Steps (band), dance pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist Colin Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane; Giant Steps (The Boo Radleys album), 1993; Giant Steps (Tommy Flanagan album) Giant Steps, a compilation album by Gentle Giant "Giant Steps" (composition), the first track on the album of the same name by John Coltrane
English: The structure of John Coltrane's Giant Steps as shown on the circle of fifths which visually indicates the ascending and descending nature of the Coltrane Changes as well as the chord progressions between the three root chords.
Take a Giant Step is a 1959 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Philip Leacock.. The plot concerns a black teenager living in a predominantly white environment and having trouble coping as he reaches an age at which the realities of racism are beginning to affect his life more directly and pointedly than they had in his childhood.