Giant Steps (Tommy Flanagan album)

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Giant Steps
Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedFebruary 17–18, 1982
StudioEurosound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length36:46
LabelEnja
4022
ProducerHorst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
(1981)
Giant Steps
(1982)
The Magic of 2
(1982)

Giant Steps (subtitled In Memory of John Coltrane) is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan recorded in 1982 featuring compositions by John Coltrane.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, with reviewer Bob Rusch stating: "This set was particularly inventive; it was Coltrane's music, but it drinks of its own spirit. You won't listen for the familiar Trane solos, but you will listen!"[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote in 1996 that it was "one of the finest piano-trio albums of the last 20 years".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by John Coltrane.

  1. "Mr. P.C." – 6:38
  2. "Central Park West" – 5:38
  3. "Syeeda's Song Flute" – 6:01
  4. "Cousin Mary" – 7:13
  5. "Naima" – 5:02
  6. "Giant Steps" – 6:14

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
  2. ^ Enja Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
  3. ^ a b Rusch, Bob. Giant Steps – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.