Nina Simone – Feeling Good
Miles Davis – All Blues
Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
Yusef Lateef – Bamboo Flute Blues
Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments
Grant Green – Idle Moments
Lee Morgan – Totem Pole
Author: mcornick
Host of Objects In Mirrors (0000 Fridays), former host of Giant Steps 2021-2022), college radio veteran, and occasionally answers to Mentos the Freshmaker.
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 23 (2011-10-15)
- Miles Davis – So What
- Wayne Shorter – Footprints
- Jackie McLean – Hootnan (AKA Hootman)
- Joe Henderson – La Mesha
- Hank Mobley – A Caddy For Daddy
- Modern Jazz Quartet – Lonely Woman
- Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans – Goodbye
- Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bloomdido
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 21 (2021-10-01)
- Miles Davis – Nefertiti
- Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
- Bill Evans – Solar
- Joe Henderson – Inner Urge
- Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers – Creepin’ In
- Tina Brooks – True Blue
- Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Giant Steps Episode 20 (2021-09-24)
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach – I Get a Kick Out Of You
- Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
- Sonny Rollins – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- Yusef Lateef – Love Theme From Spartacus
- John Coltrane – Lush Life
- Cannonball Adderley – Hurricane Connie
- Oliver Nelson – Cascades
- Elvin Jones – Lady Luck
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