Wiki
-
Release Date
January 1960
-
Length
7 tracks
Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader. It was released in February 1960 on Atlantic Records. This was his first album as leader for Atlantic Records, with which he had signed a new contract the previous year. The record is regarded as one of the most influential jazz albums of all time. Many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists. In 2004, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. It attained gold record status in 2018, having sold 500,000 copies.
Two tracks, "Naima" and "Syeeda's Song Flute", are respectively named after Coltrane's wife at the time and her daughter, whom he adopted. A third, "Mr. P.C.", takes its name from the initials of bassist Paul Chambers, who played on the album. A fourth, "Cousin Mary", is named in honor of Mary Lyerly, Coltrane's younger cousin.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Wynton Kelly – piano on "Naima"
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Jimmy Cobb – drums on "Naima"
Cedar Walton – piano on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions
Lex Humphries – drums on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions
Production:
Nesuhi Ertegün – producer
Tom Dowd, Phil Iehle – engineer
Lee Friedlander – photography
Marvin Israel – cover design
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Bob Carlton, Patrick Milligan – reissue supervision
Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch – digital remastering
Rachel Gutek – reissue design
Hugh Brown – reissue art direction
Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Julee Stover – reissue editorial supervision
Ted Meyers, Elizabeth Pavone – reissue editorial coordination
Release history
1960 – Atlantic Records SD 1311, vinyl record
1987 – Atlantic Records, first generation compact disc
1994 – Mobile Fidelity Gold CD - MFSL
1998 – Rhino Records R2 75203, Deluxe Edition compact disc and 180-gram vinyl record
2020 – Atlantic Records R2 625106/603497848393, 60 Years Deluxe Edition, 2 CDs (Remastered Album + Outtakes)
Album descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
