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John Coltrane - Giant Steps

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

Musician: John Coltrane
Album title: Giant Steps
Style: Free Jazz, Hard Bop
Released: 2002
Country: Europe
Size MP3 version: 1798 mb
Size APE version: 1628 mb
Size WMA version: 1818 mb
Rating ✫: 4.7
Votes: 270
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Genre: Jazz

John Coltrane - Giant Steps


Tracklist

A1 Giant Steps 4:43
A2 Cousin Mary 5:45
A3 Countdown 2:21
A4 Spiral 5:56
B1 Syeeda's Song Flute 7:00
B2 Naima 4:21
B3 Mr. P. C. 6:57

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Published By – Jowcol
  • Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Record Company – Warner Communications
  • Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
  • Mastered At – Longwear Plating
  • Pressed By – Presswell

Credits

  • Bass – Paul Chambers
  • Design [Cover] – Marvin Israel
  • Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: A1 to B1, B3), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: B2)
  • Engineer [Recording] – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
  • Mastered By – GP*
  • Photography By [Cover] – Lee Friedlander
  • Piano – Tommy Flanagan (tracks: A1 to B1, B3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B2)
  • Sleeve Notes – Nat Hentoff
  • Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun
  • Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
  • Written-By – John Coltrane

Notes

Red, white and green label with 75 Rockefeller address and Warner Communication Company. PR suffix variation. No stereo text on cover.
Catalog numbers: SD 1311 on the back cover and labels; 1311 on the front cover and spine

All selections: Jowcol, BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A center label): (ST-A-59201 PR)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B center label): (ST-A-59202 PR)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched [variant 1]): ST A-592 01-D (PR)P
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched [variant 1]): ST-A 592 02-D AT/AP PRP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched [variant 2]): ST A-59201-C ++1+111 LW P PRP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched [variant 2]): ST-A 592 02-D AT/GP PR P
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched [variant 3]): ST A-59201-C P LW
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched [variant 3]): ST-A 59202-D AT/AP (PR)P
  • Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
1311 John Coltrane Giant Steps ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Atlantic 1311 US 1959
SD 1311 John Coltrane Giant Steps ‎(LP, Album, RE, RP, Bar) Atlantic SD 1311 US Unknown
none John Coltrane Giant Steps ‎(7xFile, AIFF, Album, RE, RM, 24-) Rhino Atlantic none US 2015
B 1311 John Coltrane Giant Steps ‎(Cass, Mono) Atlantic B 1311 France Unknown
8122787061, SD-1311, 1311, SD 1311 John Coltrane Giant Steps ‎(LP, Album, RE) Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic 8122787061, SD-1311, 1311, SD 1311 US 2005



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Macage
Giant Steps is one of my favorite hard bop'n albums. The title track is a great example of how tight one band can be. The tempo is fast and Coltrane never lets up the whole time. The whole album is like this and the bonus tracks offer a little bit of variation with an extra solo on the Countdown one. I'd still rather get the LP though. If anyone is new to Coltrane and Hard Bop look no further. This was when he was just hitting his prime and becoming a true leader, in my opinion.