Cousin Mary (Coltrane)
Countdown (Coltrane)
Spiral (Coltrane)
Syeeda's Song Flute (Coltrane)
Naima (Coltrane)
Mr.P.C. (Coltrane)
My Favorite Things (Rodgers)
Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye (Porter)
Summertime (Gershwin)
But Not for Me (Gershwin)

“Combine the stirring sound of a large smooth choir, with balalaikas, and great Russian baritones with the varying rhythms of folksong and marches and you have a worldwide success, as the legendary Alexandrov realised in the 1930’s”

[Giant Steps] “perhaps Coltrane’s most playable, memorable, and best-sustained record. The tunes are uniformly marvellous, riffs or steps or even melodies which have become integral parts of the modern jazz book” [MFT] “dominated by his soprano sax … the important thing is that both Coltrane and Tyner reduce the material to a couple of scales and ignore the changes, without forgetting to return to the main theme ..gives the music a suitably endless feel” (Penguin Jazz Guide)

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Recorded May 4, 5 (1-5 and 7) and December 2 (track 6), 1959 (Giant Steps) & Atlantic Studios, NYC October 21, 24 and 26th 1960 (My Favorite Things).