[DAMAGED] John Coltrane - Giant Steps

**All these copies have bent jackets, dinged corners or seam splits.

Released in january 1960, John Coltrane's first album devoted entirely to his own compositions confirmed his towering command of tenor saxophone and his emerging power as a composer. apprenticeships with dizzy, miles, and monk had helped focus his furious, expansive solos, and his stamina and underlying sense of harmonic adventure brought Coltrane, at 33, to a new cusp—the polytonal "sheets of sound" that distinguished his marathon solos were offset by interludes of subtle, concise lyricism, embodied here in the tender "naima." that classic ballad is a calm refuge from the ecstatic, high-speed runs that spark the set's up-tempo climaxes, which begin with the opening title song, itself a cornerstone of modern jazz composition.

Format / LP Vinyl
Released / 11/04/2003
Catalog / RHI-75203
Barcode / 081227520311D
Artist / John Coltrane
Label / Atlantic
Genre / Jazz