thurs 29.02.

21:00 Giant Steps A Tribute to John Coltrane

Coltrane On Coltrane
Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way - through the senses, theoretically, technically. Later, hearing Monk, I went back to Miles. I found Miles in the midst of another stage of his musical development. There was one time in the past that he devoted to multichorded structures. But now it seemed that he was moving in the opposite direction, to the use of fewer and fewer chord changes in songs. He used tunes with free-flowing lines and chordal direction. About this time, I was trying for a sweeping sound. I tried long, rapid lines that Ira Gitler termed "sheets of sound" at the time. But actually, I was beginning to apply the three - on - one chord approach, and at that time the tendency was to play the entire scale of each chord. I haven't completely abandoned this approach, but it wasn't broad enough. I want to be more flexible where rhythm is concerned. I feel I have to study rhythm some more. But I've got to keep experimenting: I feel that I'm just beginning. John Coltrane 1960


Main Takes of Giant Steps, Cousin Mary, Countdown, Spiral, Syeeda's Song Flute and Mr. P.C. were recorded on May 4, 1959, with the following personnel: John Coltrane: tenor sax; Tommy Flanagan: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Art Taylor: drums
The Alternate Takes of Cousin Mary, Countdown and Syeeda's Song Flute were recorded on the same date with the same personnel.
The Main Take of Naima was recorded on December 2, 1959, with the following personnel: John Coltrane: tenor sax; Wynton Kelly: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums
The Alternate Takes of Giant Steps and Naima were recorded on April 1, 1959, with the following personnel: John Coltrane: tenor sax; Cedar Walton: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Lex Humphries: drums.

Admission: ATS 200.-


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