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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.
The Music of Andy LaVerne (SteepleChase Publications) has been published. Countdown to Giant Steps ( Aebersold Jazz ) is a two-CD play-along companion book, of which LaVerne served as player/producer/writer, and Tunes You Thought You Knew (Aebersold Jazz) is a LaVerne play-along CD/book set.
"Naima" (/ n aɪ ˈ iː m ə / ny-EE-mə) is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album Giant Steps, and it became one of his first well-known works.
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 ...
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!"
According to Lindsay Planer, "Giant Steps" was a "crucial touchstone in the progression of Coltrane’s music". [13] She also highlighted the "tasteful synchronicity and thoroughly flexible pacing" of Paul Chambers and Art Taylor in the original recording, along with the "frenetic leads" by Flanagan and Coltrane. [13]
The Giant Step party started off as a weekly event that mixed live jazz and hip hop.While The Groove Academy staged concerts with Maceo Parker, Isaac Hayes, The Ohio Players and George Clinton, [7] Bernstein and Rudnick extended onto the dancefloor with their Giant Step party.
Alternate Takes is a compilation album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1975 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1668.Issued posthumously, it consists of outtakes from recording sessions which yielded the albums Giant Steps, Coltrane Jazz, and Coltrane's Sound.