Blue Trane, or Giant Steps

The Penguin · 08-12-2008, 06:27 PM

Giant Steps is considered one of, if not the greatest, jazz albums, so it is difficult not to credit it as Coltrane's best. However, A Love Supreme is my favorite Coltrane album. A true testament of his brilliance.

SATCHMO · 08-12-2008, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Penguin

Giant Steps is considered one of, if not the greatest, jazz albums, so it is difficult not to credit it as Coltrane's best. However, A Love Supreme is my favorite Coltrane album. A true testament of his brilliance.

A Love Supreme Is my fave too. These three albums are distinctly different. Giant Steps is very much what most people come to associate with coltrane's style: slightly free-form and very "modal". Blue Train is really bluesy and probably the most accessible of all his work. A Love Supreme is beyond definition, very spiritual and transcendental.

The Penguin · 08-18-2008, 04:52 PM

They, as in Coltrane and the production, did a very good job at distinguishing that Coltrane was not simply a one genre jazz artist; he is able to pick up a unique and unusual style for each form of jazz he plays.

Some of the sessions from Africa are immense.

vinylhasmorefun · 08-27-2008, 07:49 AM

Giant Steps fo' sho'.

mightyprojet · 09-08-2008, 07:29 AM

Giant Steps

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The Penguin Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The States Posts: 17	Giant Steps is considered one of, if not the greatest, jazz albums, so it is difficult not to credit it as Coltrane's best. However, A Love Supreme is my favorite Coltrane album. A true testament of his brilliance.

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The Penguin Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The States Posts: 17	They, as in Coltrane and the production, did a very good job at distinguishing that Coltrane was not simply a one genre jazz artist; he is able to pick up a unique and unusual style for each form of jazz he plays. Some of the sessions from Africa are immense.

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