Giant Steps (album) by John Coltrane
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JOHN COLTRANE Countdown LP Vinyl Giant Steps Naima Body And Soul Elvin Jones Condition: Used |
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John Coltrane - Giant Steps: Stereo & Mono Versions (CD Used Very Good) Condition: Very Good |
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NEW SEALED Jazz Vinyl LP John Coltrane Giant Steps Tenor Sax Condition: New |
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John Coltrane bestography
Giant Steps is ranked 3rd best out of 68 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 90 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,924.
Members who like this album also like: Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis, A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan.
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Giant Steps track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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1. | ![]() | Giant Steps | 86/100 (79 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
2. | Cousin Mary | 83/100 (66 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |
3. | Countdown | 81/100 (57 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |
4. | Spiral | 83/100 (62 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |
5. | Syeeda's Song Flute | 82/100 (60 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |
6. | ![]() | Naima | 85/100 (66 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
7. | Mr. P.C. | 83/100 (60 votes) Comments: ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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Absolutely amazing. I often can't choose between this and A Love Supreme. The changes on this are insane and really took modal jazz to its limits at the time.
Fav tracks: Giant Steps, Naima, Mr PC

Coltrane's on fire on this one! The other musicians are very groovey and I can say that Art Taylor and Paul Chambers are a contagious groove machine! Even though Coltrane tops them.
Tommy Flanagan does his part... don't get me wrong, he's good but playing with some mean players.
Overall a solid good record.
I love the majority of Coltrane's work before and after this album, but I've always found this one to be kinda grating and not really all that interesting except for the title track. Probably has something to do with the absence of Elvin and McCoy.
Whenever I play this at work, it makes everyone around me really happy. So, how could I ever hate an album like that?
I find this one somewhat overrated; it's a great album, but nowhere near as compelling as A Love Supreme or Blue Train. It is certainly a fun listen, and 'Trane's technique is on superb display, but it doesn't have quite the emotional connection for me as his greatest albums.
Fantastic Jazz album, this is one record to listen to when you're starting to get into the genre! Great fast-paced pieces like the title track, Spiral, and Cousin Mary proves how Jazz doesn't always have to be very relaxing and slow (Nothing wrong with that though).
One of John Coltrane's most energetic albums, his first to consist of entirety original material. Solid from start to finish, giant steps, is one of Coltrane's best records. Excellent.

Giant Steps is probably the best album of bop music ever recorded. It swings and Coltrane goes full out on this album. The tile track is appropriately named, given the large jumps he makes from note to note. "Mr P.C." is also great, but "Naima" is the best work on the album. It's a very emotional track, and Coltrane lays his feeling bare with his sax.
This album came a little after Kind of Blue but Coltrane still managed to made it to be one of the best jazz record ever.
Ps.Naima will always be my favorite ballad jazz ever.
I love listening to this while I am at work. It is just the right mix of upbeat, yet it still allows me to concentrate.
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