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Giant Steps

Giant Steps — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Giant Steps was composed by John Coltrane. It dates from 1960. It is in B major, 16 bars long, and in A (16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

B major

Section A1

Cbmaj7D7
Gmaj7Bb7
Ebmaj7
Am7D7
Gmaj7Bb7
Ebmaj7Gb7
Cbmaj7
Fm7Bb7
Ebmaj7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Dbm7Gb7
Cbmaj7
Fm7Bb7
Ebmaj7
Dbm7Gb7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Andrew White — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1978
  • Chaka Khan — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1982
  • Rick Simerly — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1998
  • George Shearing — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2004
  • David Gazarov & Chris Lachotta — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2008
  • Alexandre Furnelle Orchestra — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2008

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • John Coltrane (tenor sax) — Giant Steps
    Hard bop · 290 bpm · swing feel
    1959

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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