| Giant Steps | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | February 17–18, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Eurosound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
| Label | Enja 4022 | |||
| Producer | Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann | |||
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Giant Steps (subtitled In Memory of John Coltrane) is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan recorded in 1982 featuring compositions by John Coltrane. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, with reviewer Bob Rusch stating: "This set was particularly inventive; it was Coltrane's music, but it drinks of its own spirit. You won't listen for the familiar Trane solos, but you will listen!" [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote in 1996 that it was "one of the finest piano-trio albums of the last 20 years". [4]
All compositions by John Coltrane.
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