Pasos gigantes

Este artículo trata sobre el álbum de John Coltrane. Para conocer la composición de la primera pista de este álbum, consulte Giant Steps (composición) . Para otros usos, consulte Pasos gigantes (desambiguación) .

1960 studio album by John Coltrane

Pasos gigantes
Álbum de estudio deJohn Coltrane
Liberado	Febrero de 1960 [1] [2] [3] (1960-02)
Grabado	4 y 5 de mayo de 1959 2 de diciembre de 1959
Estudio	Atlantic Studios, Nueva York [4]
Género	Jazz
Largo	37 : 03
Etiqueta	atlántico
Productor	Nesuhi Ertegun
Cronología de John Coltrane
Soultrane (1958) Pasos gigantes (1960) Jazz de Coltrane (1960)

Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader, released in February 1960 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1311.^[1][2][3] This was his first album as leader for his new label Atlantic Records. Many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists.^[5][6] In 2004, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. It attained gold record status in 2018, having sold 500,000 copies.^[7] It is considered one of the most influential jazz albums of all time.^{[not verified in body]}

Two tracks, "Naima" and "Syeeda's Song Flute", are respectively named after Coltrane's wife at the time and her daughter, whom he adopted. A third, "Mr. P.C.", takes its name from the initials of bassist Paul Chambers, who played on the album.

Background

En 1959, el gerente comercial de Miles Davis , Harold Lovett, negoció un contrato récord para Coltrane con Atlantic, cuyos términos incluían una garantía anual de $ 7,000 (equivalente a $ 61,394 en 2019). ^[8] Las sesiones iniciales para este álbum, la segunda fecha de grabación de Coltrane bajo su nuevo contrato después de una fecha del 15 de enero dirigida por Milt Jackson , tuvieron lugar el 26 de marzo de 1959. ^[9] Coltrane no estaba satisfecho con los resultados de esta sesión con Cedar Walton y Lex Humphries , por lo que no se utilizaron para el álbum, ^[10]pero apareció en compilaciones y reediciones posteriores. La grabación principal del álbum tuvo lugar el 4 y 5 de mayo, dos semanas después de que Coltrane participara en la sesión final de Kind of Blue . ^[11] La pista " Naima " fue grabada el 2 de diciembre con los compañeros de banda de Coltrane, la sección rítmica del Miles Davis Quintet , que proporcionaría el acompañamiento para la mayor parte de su próximo álbum, Coltrane Jazz . ^[12]

Coltrane's improvisation exemplifies the melodic phrasing that came to be known as sheets of sound, and features his explorations into third-related chord movements that came to be known as Coltrane changes.^[13] The Giant Steps chord progression consists of a distinctive set of chords that create key centers a major third apart. Jazz musicians ever since have used it as a practice piece, its difficult chord changes presenting a "kind of ultimate harmonic challenge", and serving as a gateway into modern jazz improvisation. Several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards, most prominently "Naima" and "Giant Steps".^[10][14]

Recepción

Calificaciones profesionales

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Fuente	Clasificación
Toda la música	[15]
DownBeat	[dieciséis]
Enciclopedia de Música Popular	[17]
Tom Hull	A– [18]
Guía de pingüinos para el jazz	[19]
La guía del álbum de Rolling Stone	[20]
La guía de discos de jazz de Rolling Stone	[21]
Enciclopedia Virgen	[22]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz seleccionó este álbum como parte de su "Core Collection" sugerida y lo llamó "el primer disco genuinamente icónico de Trane". ^[23] En 2003, el álbum ocupó el puesto 102 en la lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos de la revista Rolling Stone , ^[24] y 103 en una lista revisada de 2012. ^[25]

En 2000 fue elegido como número 764 en Colin Larkin 's todos los tiempos Top 1000 álbumes . ^[26]

El 3 de marzo de 1998, Rhino Records reeditó Giant Steps como parte de su serie Atlantic 50th Anniversary Jazz Gallery. Se incluyeron ocho pistas adicionales , cinco de las cuales habían aparecido en 1975 en la compilación de Atlantic Alternate Takes , las tres restantes publicadas anteriormente en The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings en 1995.

El historiador del jazz Scott Yanow señaló que "Giant Steps" llevó la improvisación de acordes al extremo, al tiempo que sirvió como un gran desafío para que los jóvenes músicos tocasen los rápidos cambios de acordes de la canción. ^[27]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Coltrane.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Giant Steps"	4:43
2.	"Cousin Mary"	5:45
3.	"Countdown"	2:21
4.	"Spiral"	5:56

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Syeeda's Song Flute"	7:00
2.	"Naima"	4:21
3.	"Mr. P.C."	6:57

1987 CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Giant Steps" (alternate version 1)	3:41
9.	"Naima" (alternate version 1)	4:27
10.	"Cousin Mary" (alternate take)	5:54
11.	"Countdown" (alternate take)	4:33
12.	"Syeeda's Song Flute" (alternate take)	7:02

1998 CD reissue additional bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Giant Steps" (alternate version 2)	3:32
14.	"Naima" (alternate version 2)	3:37
15.	"Giant Steps" (alternate take)	5:00

Recording dates:^[28]

Thursday March 26, 1959:

Tracks 8, 9, 13, 14

Monday May 4, 1959:

Tracks 3, 4, 11

Tuesday May 5, 1959:

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 15

Wednesday December 2, 1959:

Track 6

Personnel

Musicians

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Wynton Kelly – piano on "Naima"
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Taylor – drums
• Jimmy Cobb – drums on "Naima"
• Cedar Walton – piano on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions
• Lex Humphries – drums on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions

Production

• Nesuhi Ertegün – producer
• Tom Dowd, Phil Iehle – engineer
• Lee Friedlander – photography
• Marvin Israel – cover design
• Nat Hentoff – liner notes
• Bob Carlton, Patrick Milligan – reissue supervision
• Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch – digital remastering
• Rachel Gutek – reissue design
• Hugh Brown – reissue art direction
• Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Julee Stover – reissue editorial supervision
• Ted Meyers, Elizabeth Pavone – reissue editorial coordination

Release history

• 1960 – Atlantic Records SD 1311, vinyl record
• 1987 – Atlantic Records, first generation compact disc
• 1994 – Mobile Fidelity Gold CD
• 1998 – Rhino Records R2 75203, Deluxe Edition compact disc and 180-gram vinyl record
• 2020 – Atlantic Records R2 625106/603497848393, 60 Years Deluxe Edition, 2 CDs (Remastered Album + Outtakes)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[29]	Gold	500,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "February Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. February 13, 1960. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
2. "New Darin Album" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. January 23, 1960. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
3. DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 564. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
4. Atlantic Masters CD Edition Liner Notes, 1998
5. Ben Ratliff. Coltrane: The Story of A Sound. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 2007. ISBN 978-0-374-12606-3. pp. 53-54.
6. Lewis Porter. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7, p. 145.
7. "What's News". The New York City Jazz Record. No. 202. January 2019. p. 5.
8. Lewis Porter. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7, pp. 117-8.
9. Porter, p. 145, pp. 359-60.
10. Nisenson, Eric (2009). Ascension: John Coltrane and his Quest. New York: Hachette Books. p. 171. ISBN 9780786750955.
11. Porter, p. 360.
12. Giant Steps. Atlantic R2 75203, liner notes, p. 18.
13. Porter, pp. 145-148
14. "Giant Steps (1959)". JazzStandards.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
15. Allmusic review
16. Down Beat review Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
17. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
18. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
19. "Penguin Guide to Jazz review". Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
20. Rolling Stone review
21. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
22. "Virgin Encyclopedia review". Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
23. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "John Coltrane". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 269. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
24. "102) Giant Steps". Rolling Stone. New York. November 2003. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
25. "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
26. Larkin, Colin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 241. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
27. Yanow, Scott (September 23, 2020). "5 Essential John Coltrane Albums". ClassicRockHistory.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
28. Atlantic Masters Edition CD Liner Notes 1998
29. "American album certifications – John Coltrane – Giant Steps". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 

External links

• Liner notes and track notes, Rhino Deluxe Edition