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John Coltrane � Giant Steps [1959] FLAC

1. Giant Steps
2. Cousin Mary
3. Countdown
4. Spiral
5. Syeeda's Song Flute
6. Naima
7. Mr. P.C.
8. Giant Steps (Alternate Version 1)
9. Naima (Alternate Version 1)
10. Cousin Mary (Alternate Take)
11. Countdown (Alternate Take)
12. Syeeda's Song Flute (Alternate Take)

Personnel

Recorded May 4 and May 5, 1959: main take tracks 1�5, 7; alternative take tracks 10�12
John Coltrane � tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan � piano
Paul Chambers � bass
Art Taylor � drums

Recorded December 2, 1959: main take track 6

Wynton Kelly � piano
Jimmy Cobb � drums

Review

While there may be a few jazz fans living on Mars who are not yet aware of Giant Steps, it's a sure bet that many people who have Kind of Blue in their collection as their only representation of jazz are unaware that Coltrane was making records at the same time under his own name that were every bit as monumental and influential as Miles's well-known classic.

Giant Steps is a frighteningly powerful and cogent statement of Coltrane's musical manifesto as it read in early 1959. Indeed, every single composition on this release, from the title track through "Cousin Mary" and "Syeeda's Song Flute" to "Naima" and "Mr PC", have all become jazz standards and required lessons for any would-be sax enfant terrible.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/231998881/JCGS.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/232004445/JCGS.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/232010402/JCGS.part3.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/231993682/JCGS.part4.rar

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