Release Date: 20 March 2020
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436569193471
Genres: Jazz
Description
THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION: LP 180g VINYL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE
Recording of Giant Steps commenced in early May of 1959 with a pair of sessions that featured Tommy Flanagan on piano and Art Taylor on drums, plus Paul Chambers, who was the only musician other than Coltrane to have performed on every date. When recording resumed in December of that year, pianist Wynton Kelly and drummer Jimmy Cobb replaced Flanagan and Taylor, completing the rhythm section of the Miles Davis group of that time. The main focus on the LP, however, consists of Coltrane's tenor solos. All seven pieces issued on the album are compositions by the saxophonist. Giant Steps was John Coltrane's debut on the Atlantic label and confirmed his importance in the jazz scene. At that time, he was still a member of the Miles Davis group, which would soon record the immortal Kind of Blue.
All tracks composed by JOHN COLTRANE
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums.
WYNTON KELLY, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass;
JIMMY COBB, drums.
Original sessions produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. 1959
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell
Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk And More
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
