Giant Steps

The continuous patterns, inspired urgency, stamina and power, it's a hardbop masterpiece, there's little doubt.   This was the first LP with all-original Coltrane tracks, and evidently the music is a rite of passage for jazz players to improvise over.  The alternate takes are good too but I think John chose wisely for the final cut.

Discuss, and also: what's your favorite Coltrane release and why?-- and I'm looking for your personal fave, not necessarily the one you think was best produced or most important.  Live albums count.

Om is something, it's out there.. if you can enjoy Om I'd say you can enjoy almost anything (Brötzmann anyone? )

John Coltrane after it had resigned from the Miles Davis group might have been announced continuing a really overwhelming album.

I am and there are some personally favorite albums. It is difficult for me to limit it of course. However, "Live At the Village Vanguard Again"and "Expression"Overwhelming.

I feel these performances block his essence and evolution. His regular group in the 60's might be steady. However, his work of later years feels something transcended to some degree.

I'd call you Greg, or maybe Logan, but never common.

looks like you'll be the first person kicked off the site    

Edited by EZ Money - 29 Jan 2011 at 7:25pm

in listening to Trane's many albums, one wonders how much rehearsal and planning, if any, went into some of them.. it often sounds as if they were at the studio, hit the mics and just started playing, and the good takes were used for LPs--  closer to the way the Blues cats recorded

ah another jazz masterpiece recorded in 1959 (but released 1960)

Giant Steps might be my favorite, but i havent listened to the man's music in a good while. I'll be back

Thanks to David/Atavachron for some recs, my current Coltrane collection is as follows:

A Love Supreme
Ascension
Dakar
Giant Steps
The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions

I still have yet to listen to a couple of them (Dakar, Africa/Brass).  Thought Ascension was pure brilliance, which shouldn't come as a shock to those that even somewhat know my tastes.  Need more listens to all of it to form a good opinion.

Blue Train for me.  My Favourite Things next.  I don't like his later ones much like Ascension, Transition etc. I love his quartet or quintet stuff from Impulse the best. Live at the Vanguard, Africa, Chim Chim Cheree, Crescent, up to Sunship.