Tommy FLANAGAN - Giant Steps (In Memory of John Coltrane) 1982

Tommy FLANAGAN - Giant Steps (In Memory of John Coltrane) 1982

Jazz

Tommy Flanagan plays again the tunes from the Giant Steps recording that he made with Coltrane. The first time around, he received the charts at the beginning of the session. So his solo on the original Giant Steps is a little less than overwhelming. He gives a good shot at it, but one feels he ran out of imagination, and just comped his way out of the chorus. Plus, he did not record Naima (on my remastered Coltrane cd, there is Wynton Kelly, who was on the LP, and Cedar Walton) on the original.
This recording allows him to correct all this. Syeeda's song flute sounds surprisingly good as a trio. Tommy is accompanied by George Mraz, who does his customary excellent job, and Al Foster.
By  Cedric Westphal.
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Tommy Flanagan- Piano,
George Mraz- Bass,
Al Foster- Drums
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01. Mr. P.C. 6:31
02. Central Park West 5:31
03. Syeeda's Song Flute 5:53
04. Cousin Mary 7:07
05. Naima 4:57
06. Giant Steps 6:12
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