Head In x2, Solo x16, Head Out x2
Very Fast Swing 310 BPM

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Composer: John Coltrane

Year: 1959

Origin: Debuted on John Coltrane's album Giant Steps.

Style: Swing, typically played at fast tempos.

Form: A-B (16 Bars) [8-8]

Key: Eb Major

Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is very complex and would go on to codify what would come to be known as 'Coltrane Changes'; the constant use of secondary dominants to shift tonal centers repeatedly in Major 3rds. Before this composition the only predecessor with an inkling of similarity would have been the bridge to the Rodgers/Hart standard "Have You Met Miss Jones?". It was unprecedented however to have an entire composition revolve around this motif, and it presented a challenge to the improviser unlike anything else that had come before it. It is worth taking note of the bass line that Paul Chambers plays on the original recording during the head. He begins on the root of BMaj7 and proceeds to descend in whole tones before arriving at the tonic in the third bar: Bmaj7 - D7/A - Gmaj7 - Bb7/F - EbMaj7. This movement of the whole-tone scale moving from the root opens up a pathway that is very important for the soloist to hear while improvising. This idea demonstrated quite clearly at the start of Coltrane's solo on his later composition "26-2". Another important pathway for navigating through Coltrane Changes is to hear the Augmented scale descending in half notes beginning on the 3rd of the first chord: BMaj7 (D# ) - D7 (D) - GMaj7 (B) - Bb7 (Bb) - EbMaj7 (G). Finally, Coltrane can be heard using 4-note groupings extensively in his solos while navigating through the changes, and it can be reassuring to see how similar some of the alternate takes are to one another.

Recordings: This song has been recorded over 250 times to date and is one of the compositions to be of the most consequence in the entire history of jazz music. It was first released on Coltrane's fifth studio album Giant Steps in 1960. An alternate take was released posthumously from a session that predates that of the initial release, featuring a slightly different line-up. Similarly to how the changes of "Cherokee" revolutionized the trajectory of improvised jazz music forever, "Giant Steps" very much so did the same. It continues to be performed and recorded frequently to this day.

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