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An arrangement by tomer dunsky for solo piano including great two handed voicings that are great for when you want to. Where miles album was a set of motifs and openended modes, giant steps is a much more bopbased affair. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Giant steps saxophone sheet music john coltrane free sheet. Several coltrane staples are featured on this legendary album, such as the title track, cousin mary, and naima. Giant steps is a jazz recording by john coltrane, on tenor saxophone, which is the first track on the album of the same name and is 4 minutes and 49 seconds long.
This classic is arguably tranes most celebrated release, the full flowering of his mighty playing and one of the best jazz albums of all time. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Download giant steps sheet music for saxophone pdf by john. This is where the tune was first premiered and trane. Having been on the to do list for a few years, i finally got round to learning this iconic solo. Although this was john coltrane s debut for atlantic. Coltrane s 1959 atlantic records debut became his most influential album, and helped bring jazz to the mainstream. John coltrane, chord progression of giant steps, transcribed by andrew white. There is much here for the jazz fan, and any saxophone player should hear this as an example of what the instrument can do. In this blog post im going to analyse the chord progression, show where the key changes are in the piece, transcribe parts of. The john coltrane interviews musicians in their own words john coltrane omnibook. John coltrane giant steps analysis raphaeljezukiewicz.
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