John Coltrane: Giant Steps (180g, Mono) Vinyl LP active speakers music label: Endless Flight 2015

music label: Endless Flight 2015

dreamt of hitting up CBGB or ABC No Rio to see an all-day show

for the longest time

reviewed by Extravagant Traveler 07/2011

It's no secret that Smith dealt with alcoholism and addiction

John Coltrane: Giant Steps (180g, Mono) Vinyl LP active speakers music label: Endless Flight 2015This is one of the great masterworks that offers accessibility, soul, and growing complexity. Released in 1959, Giant Steps reveals Coltrane at the cusp of his next jazz thing. He's knocking on the traditional walls and drawing up blueprints for his next phase. There's also something to be said about the strong sense of familiarity in this album. Giant Steps offers up so many concrete touchstones in the usually abstract jazz world. Once familiarized,