Tommy Flanagan: Jesus Christ I am so glad that Giant Steps is over with!! Next song please!!
John Coltrane: This next one is called Countdown.
Tommy Flanagan: Ok but I'm not soloing on this one.

Revosaxplayer

16w↑3

@Taco Taco these Tommy jokes are tired lol

Taco Taco

36w↑9

Tommy's version of Giant Steps is a classic as well. He just needed some time to practice it is all haha

morningblue

3y↑307

The reason why the bassist doesnt play until the end because if he played one more note the concentration of matter would have become too thick and have caused a rift in the space-time continuum ending all known life as we know it.

K. Katze

2y↑5

Quite possibly that had already happened, and we're currently living in the new dimension Trane opened.

anteupper

2y↑1

Could'nt have said it better!

Matteo Mancuso

2y↑5

This is one of my favourite comments on Youtube

Marsel Music

3y↑11

i dont know why I read this comment so fast

Victim Of Fate

3y↑12

idk, Paul Chamber was God enough to fix that issue.

Stephen Dedalus

7y↑176

One could never guess all this comes from two simple ii V I's.

John McMinn

Imaj7s Descending major 3eds and a V7 before each one.
You could just play dominant on each V7 and follow it that way .
Actually this is the modern jazz sound because it breaks away from the standard Girshwin kind of structure.
Central park west was a Ballad Coltrane wrote that was actually the same exact chords as Giant steps

naresh

two coltrane changes

naresh

and two fucking triangles

N.I.B

2y↑1

Practically MacGyver made this song.

Marsel Music

HA!

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rorberyllium

8y↑95

John Coltrane inventing speed metal.

no one

12w

@Everyone said my name was stupid so I changed it. yea theyre dumb, and ppl wish they could change. but theres just a lotta purists for the traditional parts of it, so its always going to be stupid shit like doom or death. i guess its apt for the lyrics, but a lot of metal with positive tone just fits weirdly into that

Everyone said my name was stupid so I changed it.

39w↑1

Vengeance * i have to say, metal sub genres have the most ridiculous names

oozrenn

1y↑1

i would say that grindcore would be the closest thing to jazz in metal

Maximiliano Gabriel

1y↑2

Trash metal

Jazz and Life

3y↑109

90% Intro, 10% Head at the end.

D. prest

11w

Issa countdown

André Macleuri

35w

but the shape of the song is reversed!

desmond jamison

2y↑10

So... No head?...

OxBlahh

2y↑4

head starting near 01:58

Geometry Dash BayVe

...which head?

Mister LN

1y↑34

why would you play that, that shit's too hard

Hamburgerlord

1y↑1

@cookybea Piano Noises

cookybea

1y↑1

@Declan B. can you even PLAY, old man?

Declan B.

1y↑5

𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤

Ariel

1y↑4

The name is Shades DuPris. I like bebop music because it's the besty kind of music.

Inky

1y↑6

The name’s Tom Malone, but everyone calls me Milk Bowl.

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The Scatman

4y↑106

Giant steps on steroids! (if you can believe such a thing!)

andrescabreraf

8y↑66

This is the soundtrack God was listening at the creation fo the universe. Period.

kekebaby

That's exactly what it sounds like. Flying fractals 🔥🔥🔥

Reynaldo Madrid I

2y↑1

andrescabreraf.....I agree!

ßãgl

1y↑146

The name is Shades DuPris, and I play jazz saxophone. I'm 18 years old and better than you.

Tomy Jones

What

Sheperino Gaming

17w

not quite my tempo

Cryfur

51w↑2

m i n i o n s

Hamburgerlord

@Sharkus Barkalius it's a reference dude.

ThreeSingle and co

1y↑3

Insolent weebs

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Matthew Morris

31w↑9

LMAO I love how Trane just solos for the first 90 percent of the song and then just throws this great melody in there at the very end

仲村渠パーソン

5y↑96

ブルージャイアントから。
こんな速いの吹いてたのね、大は笑

まさし

10w

同じく聞いてビビった(笑)

Daniel Rojas

@The ninja Thanks! Haha

Lyendith

Same here. XD A really great manga.

The ninja

2y↑4

He's talking about the manga "Blue Giant"

dwarfplayer

3y↑2

Edward McKenna inhale

Exhale

Boy

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Shadow Sonata

40w↑7

Just imagining a Cowboy Bebop space battle with this in the background

Giorno Giovanna

12w↑1

Pure kino

Vernard James

5y↑56

I could listen to that ending all day.. so good

Hilbert's Inn

2y↑6

Yeah, it's really cool how he winds to down to a beautifully phrased lyrical passage after all that virtuoso shredding.

Sequoyah Cisneros

3y↑1

Yes.

Tripus 180

4y↑1

Vernard James me too 😂

MrAlexdoesmovies

1y↑7

When the improv is the head...

tuxguys

5y↑42

What an astonishing, layered performance; what a lot of music coming in at under 3 minutes.
I haven't seen the lead sheet for this piece, but I'm told that the changes represent a 6-tonic system...
...which means it has twice as many tonic-areas as the 3-tonic title cut from this LP, "Giant Steps."
Brutal.
And Brilliant.
(I just noticed: You don't actually hear the melody until THE END.)

Caio Csizmar

5y↑38

John tried many things when he was composing songs to this album. Every song is different. Different from the "usual" way of playing jazz. I wonder how it felt playing on such innovative record

haroun

4y↑48

This was recorded only a few years after Charlie Parker's death so Coltrane (just like everybody else) was still reeling from the experience. We used to call this playing 'tempo'...

Fernando Guerra

8y↑16

Oh god, his technique is mindblowing.

Patrick Schoultz

6y↑31

did homeboy put his apple headphones up to his computer microphone

Garret Brough

6y↑1

@Patrick Schoultz it sounds like a vinyl due to the crackling.

Figs3

1y↑5

Blue Giant. An amazing music manga the main character plays this.

Lawrence Siden

2y↑5

Can't he play any faster?

5bm

44w↑4

Ah yes, Giant steps and Countdown are now the two songs that replicate mild stress so well it motivates me to do something I need to do as if I am the definition of SPEED.

ああ

4y↑26

ブルージャイアントでこれを吹くシーンが一番好き

T.J.

8y↑12

yeah, just like Miles Davis ripped off that P!nk song "So what"! These jazz guys are total ripoffs!

Jordan Peters

1y↑8

60 years later and this is still one of the best performances ever. I love that it doesn't really become a "song" until the very end, and then it just ends. Beautiful and intense.

とある王立国教騎士団

3y↑10

これは学園祭で吹いたら度肝を抜かれるなｗｗ

gontassible

3y↑10

どうも、ソニー大です

Drop the Chalupa!

23w↑2

Not going to lie. Always thought this was even more impressive than "Giant Steps" and feels shorter too. Perfect tune to sum up Atlanta or New York traffic or going to the airport.

Isuckatnames60

2y↑4

When you're in a heated argument and your opponent is an idiot

clarkewi

2y↑5

Parker would be impressed. Bird's grade of A+ for originality and technique.

Happy Me

9y↑6

I also like Allan Holdsworths version of this Coltrane song

Francisco Javier Ruiz

2y↑3

Absolutely craziness of time, accuracy and audacity!!!

さんままん

4y↑9

ジャズっす

まー。

19w↑3

日本人はほとんどがブルージャイアントの影響やろなぁ

André

1y↑1

I find it amazing that most jazz players are able to play at fast tempo and still keep the swing feel. To listen to it, put in the .50 velocity

dumbjazzhead

32w↑1

I cry to this :(

MicroNik

9y↑2

I was looking at my real book while listening to this..freaked out when he started playing..didnt know he started with the solo

André Macleuri

35w

the shape is reversed

Steven Cumber

5y↑14

5 4 3 2 1 Blastoff!

Christmas High

4y↑9

はーや
これは圧倒されるわ

Lawrence Denham

2y↑2

Not quite my tempo.

Murky Waters

4y↑10

A frenetic corkscrew dances to a machine gun upon a field of glowing flowers...and then comes the herculean freight train to take them all home. Splendid.

。言葉の重みおじさん

19w↑4

ソニー大から来ました
かっこよすぎる

Evan Hubbard

I’m still mystified as to what I just heard

글리클럽GLEA CLUB

4y↑2

John are you angry?

Angel Vega

2y↑2

Its like starting on the middle and going to the beggining at the end, LOL

Joel Mencía Encarnación

5y↑2

Damn!!! O.O

Jazzerson

4y↑6

I turn up the pace on my player to 1.5 x on this to play along to as it's just too darn leisurely. ;-)

l2udolph

9y↑1

Beyonce didn't even exist in 1960, nor did her music. You're floccinaucinihilipilification.

Starr Xu

7y↑3

Damn... It's sooo fast!

花山信二

4y↑5

いいゾ〜これ

Christopher Wetherspoon

7y↑5

How man beats per minute is this ?

K. Katze

@Spencer PerrineAnd yet it also lopes along at ~120, and a stately ~60! And simply clicks down to these lower tempo channels at the end. Genius.

Mason Abney

Yes

Spencer Perrine

4y↑10

+Christopher Wetherspoon The tempo in the drum solo intro is about 370-380 bpm, after that it hovers around 330-350bpm.

Michael Björk

2y↑1

02:13 those end chords are so elegant!

hustlaus

8y↑1

GOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!

Hexblade xan

That feel when your on this song.

Louren Bates

this is a masterpiece. my all time favorite song by John Coltrane. He's been declared a Saint by the way...

Rafayera69

Much more enjoyable when played at x0.75. Great piece anyways!

ronnieanand

9y↑1

Dude... That was Sarcasm...

bannanapancake

2y↑3

Scott’s bass lessons brought me here... good grief.

john guerra

thank you blue giant for blessing me with good stuff

Daniel Fitzgerald

42w↑1

It sounds like his saxophone is having a panic attack

Marsel Music

3y↑1

Bebops: so fast 2 minutes felt like half an hour of content

Colonial Waster

3y↑1

This is sex, just listen to that ending.

slowriot

i just searched this song on youtube. thanks for uploading it yesterday!

Kelli Kakes

Love...this...song!!!

DYNODRUM

Nice little Ditty they're Riffin Through Hear ya

cduggan7070

9y↑1

ive been looking for this forever. i have book with john coltrane's songs and solos and i couldnt find a recording of this besides the CD it came with, thank you!

Jacob Richardson

2y↑1

Sound like Tom & Jerry

Ricardo Amadeus Music

8y↑1

wow !! fast

Leire Martinez

Vendidou :D

Charles Barry

That was speed!!!

Tygonit Dwa Plusy

1y↑1

I first thought that the playback speed in the video is 2x...

Dominic Carioti

At .5 speed he sounds drunk lol

Joshua Atere

@ImaniHekima-You're right, tune UP...countDOWN...gotta love the fancy 2-5's lol

Shin Taro

最高です！！

l2udolph

Dude... That doesn't change anything I said...

Rowatever

1y↑17

i k n o w h o w y o u p e r i s h

tealee.

34w↑1

@Eli S why lmao

tealee.

46w↑1

Jazz Cats should have won :/

Inky

1y↑2

SPHELONIOUS DONK

kekebaby

Never fails to blow my mind! 💣💣💥 I ALWAYS play at least 4-5x because I can't get enough of the explosions.

El Tigre

5y↑1

fucking awesome!

浜の団長

Yeah!!!!

Sergio lazaro mejía

7y↑4

Coltrane metal

Daniel Rojas

Sergio lazaro mejía I called it Hard Coltrane, hahaha. I guess becouse of the same reason than you.

Coin

かーっけ！

Andrew Harris

1y↑1

JESUS CHRIST SOMEONE GET A SPEEDOMETER ON THOSE FINGERS

Camden Oltjenbruns

@glottis5 haha lol

Luis González Morera

Vendidouuuuuuu !

Michael Hinton

8y↑7

Are you friggin' kidding??? Take a listen to an actual musical genius. Comparing Beyonce to Coltrane is like comparing a snail to a brain surgeon.

Muri Morello

reinvented

Dominic Carioti

Each chorus is ten seconds long

Reynaldo Madrid I

2y↑1

@ 1:37 - 1:47 ....this tune goes into another dimension! Classic Coltrane!

19celts

kindve actually

josele kiwi

No way, this guy sure have like a method to improvise in his compositions.
Try to improvise in a backing track of coltrane is mindblowing.

Peter Palaj

What an ending.

kim blues

워매 죽이는구마 👍

DM C

2y↑1

😳wow ....☺️

dcbandnerd

Never mind the breathing - what kind of Super Sayian fingers did the John Coltrane have?! Good Lord how was he even real?!

naresh

Does anyone know the name of the drummer?

01 Butaman

Blue giant!!

Alex Newman

7y↑4

@Christopher Wetherspoon more like 350

Miss MX

A cover of this tune by the great (and late) Allan Holdsworth is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYzipotLMZQ

Oscar Ortega

Jimmy Bruno lead me to this song. Whew!

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