Don't know anything about improvisational jazz? Don't worry, we're here to help fill a gap or two before our episode on John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," which turns up on the Rolling Stone list at #232.
In this episode you will learn:
- the basic info about the album
- its critical and commercial reception
- why Rolling Stone thinks it's one of the greatest albums of all time
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Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay.
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