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The Great African-American Classical Art-Form http://www.last.fm/music/John+Coltrane/Giant+Steps?ac=john%20col Photo by: Lee Friedlander This album will be enshrine as a watershed, the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the art-form as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience. Although this was John Coltrane's debut for Atlantic, he was concurrently performing and recording with Miles Davis during this period. Within the space of less than three weeks, Coltrane would complete his work with Davis and company on another art-form-defining album, Kind of Blue, before commencing his efforts on this one. Coltrane (tenor sax) is flanked by essentially two different trios. Recording commenced in early May of 1959 with a pair of sessions that featured Tommy Flanagan (piano) and Art Taylor (drums), as well as Paul Chambers -- who was the only band member other than Coltrane to have performed on every date. When recording resumed in December of that year, Wynton Kelly (piano) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) were instated -- replicating the lineup featured on Kind of Blue, sans Miles Davis of course. At the heart of these recordings, however, is the laser-beam focus of Coltrane's tenor solos. All seven pieces issued on the original Giant Steps are likewise Coltrane compositions. He was, in essence, beginning to rewrite the so-called jazz canon with material that would be centered on solos -- the 180-degree antithesis of the art-form up to that point. These arrangements would create a place for the solo to become infinitely more compelling. This would culminate in a frenetic performance style that noted so-called jazz journalist Ira Gitler accurately dubbed "sheets of sound." Coltrane's poly-tonal torrents extricate the amicable and otherwise cordial solos that had begun decaying the very exigency of the art-form-- turning it into the equivalent of easy listening. He wastes no time as the album's title track immediately indicates a progression from which there would be no looking back. Line upon line of highly cerebral improvisation snake between the melody and solos, practically fusing the two. The resolute intensity of "Countdown" does more to modernize so-called jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers. Tellingly, the contrasting and ultimately pastoral "Naima" was the last tune to be recorded, and is the only track on the original long-player to feature the Kind of Blue quartet. What is lost in tempo is more than recouped in intrinsic melodic beauty. Both Giant Steps [Deluxe Edition] and the seven-disc Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings offer more comprehensive presentations of these sessions. Release Date :January, 1960 Duration: 01:02:40 African-American Classical [Jazz] Style: Hard Bop Recording Date: May 4, 1959 - December 2, 1
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