Giant Steps Episode 27 (2021-11-19)

  • Jackie McLean – Blue Rondo
  • Archie Shepp – Shazam
  • Charles Mingus – Hora Decubitus
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago – 595-59
  • Milt Jackson/John Coltrane – The Night We Called It A Day
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk – The Black And Crazy Blues
  • Cecil Taylor – Tales (8 Whisps)
  • Sonny Rollins – The Bridge
  • Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane – Monk’s Mood
  • Max Roach – The Drum Also Waltzes

Giant Steps Episode 26 (2021-11-12)

  • Ornette Coleman – Beauty Is A Rare Thing
  • Charlie Haden – War Orphans
  • Eric Dolphy – Something Sweet, Something Tender
  • Charles Mingus – Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  • Donald Byrd – Cristo Redentor
  • Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins – I Want To Be Happy
  • John Coltrane – Moment’s Notice
  • Coleman Hawkins – When Day Is Done

Giant Steps Episode 25 (2021-11-05)

  • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – Autumn Serenade
  • Chet Baker – Tis Autumn
  • Bill Evans Trio – Autumn Leaves
  • Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk
  • Ron Carter – All Blues
  • Ike Quebec – Blue And Sentimental
  • Art Blakey – Just Coolin’
  • Paul Desmond – Emily
  • Miles Davis – It Never Entered My Mind
  • Kenny Dorham – Alone Together

Giant Steps Episode 24 (2021-10-22)

  • Bill Evans Trio – How Deep Is The Ocean (Live at Oil Can Harry’s / 1975)

Bill Evans, piano; Eddie Gomez, bass; Eliot Zigmund, drums

  • The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Cool Walk (Live in Helsinki, 1987)

Oscar Peterson, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; Dave Young, bass; Martin Drew, drums

  • Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’ (Live at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)

Art Blakey, drums; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass

  • Lee Morgan – Speedball (Live (Friday, July 10, 1970 (Set 4))

Lee Morgan, trumpet; Bennie Maupin, tenor; Harold Mabern, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass; Mickey Roker, drums

  • Charlie Watts / The Danish Radio Big Band – Molasses (Live at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen / 2010)
  • John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Pt. IV – Psalm (Live)

John Coltrane, tenor; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; with Pharoah Sanders, Donald Garrett, Carlos Ward

Giant Steps Episode 22 (2021-10-08)

  • John Coltrane – A Love Supeme, Pt. 1 – Acknowledgement
  • Wayne Shorter – Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
  • Joe Henderson – Blue Bossa
  • Keith Jarrett – All The Things You Are
  • McCoy Tyner – Smitty’s Place
  • Sonny Rollins – Blues For Philly Joe
  • Nat Adderley – Work Song
  • Clifford Brown – Daahoud
  • Lee Morgan – The Joker
  • Bud Powell – A Night In Tunisia

Giant Steps* Episode 19: “Giant Steps”

* This show was formerly known as The Freshmaker Show. To mark the name change to Giant Steps, this show featured nine versions of “Giant Steps”, as performed by:

  • John Coltrane
  • Woody Herman
  • Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius
  • Bugge Wesseltoft
  • Panzerballett
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  • Poncho Sanchez
  • Steve Smith/Scott Henderson/Victor Wooten
  • Joey Alexander