John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Blue Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Pro-Ject Turntables Hannah Cohen) at his Flying

Hannah Cohen) at his Flying Cloud studio in the Catskills

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music label: Capitol Records 1994 / 2018

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John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Blue Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Pro-Ject Turntables Hannah Cohen) at his FlyingThis 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,