Giant Steps (translated from English “Huge Steps” ) is the fifth studio album of jazzman John Coltrane , recorded as a band leader , and released in 1960 on Atlantic Records under the SD 1311 catalog. Being the first Coltrane album on this label , the album was a breakthrough for the musician, and compositions from him are now models for the training of jazz saxophonists [1] [2] . In 2004, Giant Steps became one of the fifty entries selected by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Register.
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| John Coltrane Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | January 27, 1960 | |||
| Recorded by | May 4-5, 1959 , December 2, 1959 | |||
| Genres | hard bop | |||
| Duration | 37:03 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegyun | |||
| A country | USA | |||
| Language of songs | instrumental music | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records | |||
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| R s | Position No. 103 in the list The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine |
Content
Description
In 1959, Harold Lovett, business manager of Miles Davis, signed a contract to record Coltrane for Atlantic Records with a $ 7,000 annual guarantee [3] . The first recordings of this album took place on March 26, 1959 [4] with Cedar Walton and Lex Lamfries, but were not included in the album, appearing on subsequent versions of various collections and reprints. The main songs were recorded on May 4 and 5, two weeks after Coltrane participated in the final session of the recording of another genre-defining disc - Kind Of Blue [5] . “Naima” was recorded on December 2 with Coltrane’s colleagues, a rhythm section from Miles Davis Quintet, who participated in most of the recordings of his next album, Coltrane Jazz [6] .
By 1960, John Coltrane was already quite famous in jazz circles. He managed to work with such famous musicians as Dizzy Gilespie, Earl Bostic, Johnny Hodges , Miles Davis , Telonius Monk in various styles. When recording Giant Steps, Coltrane returns to hard bop [7] . The entire album is clearly focused on Coltrane’s tenor saxophone solo. Seven compositions from the original material of Giant Steps are the works of Coltrane. With these works, he, in fact, begins to rewrite the jazz canon adopted so far for solo parts [8] . These settings will allow you to play solo much more convincingly and form a frantic style of play, which jazz journalist Ira Hitler subsequently dubbed sheets of sound (sound layers).
Recognition
| Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Critics' ratings | |
| A source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [9] |
| Down beat | [ten] |
| Jazz times | (positive) [11] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [12] |
| The rolling stone album guide | [13] |
| Virgin encyclopedia | [14] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [15] |
In the reference publication The Penguin Guide to Jazz , this album was marked as part of their “ Core Collection” , calling the album “ Trane's first genuinely iconic record” . [16] In 2003, the album finished 103rd on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ”. [17]
The title piece of the album "Giant Steps" remains popular today. One of her best treatments belongs to Jaco Pastorius ).
List of Songs
Party A
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Giant Steps | 4:43 |
| 2. | Cousin Mary | 5:45 a.m. |
| 3. | "Countdown" | 2:21 |
| four. | "Spiral" | 5:56 |
Party B
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Syeeda's Song Flute | 7 a.m. |
| 2. | " Naima " | 4:21 |
| 3. | " Mr. PC » | 6:57 |
1998 reissue bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| eight. | Giant Steps (Alternative 1) | 3:41 |
| 9. | Naima (Alternative 1) | 4:27 |
| ten. | Cousin Mary (alternate take) | 5:54 |
| eleven. | Countdown (alternate take) | 4:33 |
| 12. | Syeeda's Song Flute (alternate take) | 7:02 |
| 13. | Giant Steps (Alternative 2) | 3:32 |
| 14. | Naima (Alternative 2) | 3:37 |
| 15. | Giant Steps (alternate take) | 5 a.m. |
Record Members
- John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan - Piano
- Vinton Kelly - Piano on Naima
- Paul Chambers - Double Bass
- Art Taylor - Percussion
- Jimmy Cobb - Drums on Naima
- Cedar Walton - Piano on alternate versions of Giant Steps' and Naima
- Lex Humphreys - drums on alternative versions of "Giant Steps'" and "Naima"
Release History
- 1960 - Atlantic Records SD 1311, vinyl record
- 1987 - Atlantic Records, CD
- 1994 - Mobile Fidelity Gold CD
- 1998 - Rhino Records R2 75203, Deluxe Edition CD and 180 grams. vinyl record
Notes
- ↑ Ben Ratliff. Coltrane: The Story of A Sound . New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 2007. ISBN 978-0-374-12606-3 . pp. 53-54.
- ↑ Lewis Porter . John Coltrane: His Life and Music . Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7 , p. 145.
- ↑ Lewis Porter . John Coltrane: His Life and Music . Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7 , pp. 117-8.
- ↑ Porter, p. 145, pp. 359-60.
- ↑ Porter, p. 360.
- ↑ Giant Steps. Atlantic R2 75203, liner notes , p. 18.
- ↑ Vadim Chikurov. John Coltrane "Giant Steps" (1960) . Date of treatment September 23, 2015.
- ↑ Jazz Standards website retrieved August 7, 2011 Archived December 17, 2010.
- ↑ [ Giant Steps on the AllMusic Allmusic review]
- ↑ Down Beat review Archived June 7, 2009.
- ↑ Jazz Times review Archived June 7, 2009.
- ↑ Penguin Guide to Jazz review Archived on September 14, 2017.
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ Virgin Encyclopedia review Archived on September 14, 2017.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. - USA: Random House / Rolling Stone, 1985. - P. 46. - ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
- ↑ Cook, Richard. John Coltrane // The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. - 8th. - New York: Penguin, 2006 .-- P. 269. - ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- ↑ 102) Giant Steps (Eng.) // Rolling Stone : magazine. - New York, 2003 .-- November. Archived March 22, 2009.
Links
- Liner notes and track notes , Rhino Deluxe Edition