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.

@victimoffate8946

6y↑18

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

@marselmusic

6y↑15

i dont know why I read this comment so fast

@MatteoMancusoofficial

6y↑11

This is one of my favourite comments on Youtube

@anteupper

5y↑1

Could'nt have said it better!

@elylew

5y↑11

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

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@jayhawker_japan

1y↑12

BLUE GIANTで見て、どんな曲か聴きに来ました！
演奏はやーっ😳

@marcodunkbohler1992

4y↑258

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.

@jbonillaguitar

4y↑24

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

@nicklh186

3y↑12

@@jbonillaguitar these Tommy jokes are tired lol

@Bayo106

3y↑1

@@jbonillaguitar lmao

@eemilhilden4202

2y↑2

@@jbonillaguitar the solo on the album is actually hes first take. If i remember correctly :D

@rorberyllium

11y↑273

John Coltrane inventing speed metal.

@maximilianogabriel9982

5y↑7

Trash metal

@oozrenn

4y↑8

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

@everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713

4y↑6

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

@guillotine684

3y↑7

@@maximilianogabriel9982 *thrash

@maximilianogabriel9982

@@guillotine684 harcore punk ..

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@jordanpeters1068

5y↑80

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.

@andresantiago8344

4y↑26

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

@glennrexach799

2y↑8

Happy birthday to my number one musical influence, John Coltrane. He would have been 96 today. When I latched onto him in my mid teens, I was still a jazz neophyte, gleaning whatever jazz history I could from old Down Beat issues. I didn't understand what I was listening to until one night, with some fine Colombian under my belt, a friend put on Countdown. When Trane began to play, it was as if the harmonic heavens opened up a wee bit, just enough for me to be able to "get" what he was doing on a certain level, and I realize, now, that at that moment Trane was showing me my future. The emotional and intellectual intensity that he was sharing with me at that moment has remained a seminal moment. Thank you, Mr. Coltrane, and happy birthday.

@user-xb5ip7qt1k

3y↑19

ブルージャイアントの文化祭シーンから
かっこいいわまじで

@MyUvb

8y↑85

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

@tripus1808

7y↑1

Vernard James me too 😂

@sequoyahcisneros8719

6y↑1

Yes.

@hilbertsinn6886

6y↑13

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

@alankirkby465

Vernard James Yes I know what you mean.
Peace to all.

@5bm5bm

4y↑31

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.

@fernando103s

11y↑37

Oh god, his technique is mindblowing.

@kevinfraser9034

9y↑38

i listened to it half speed and noticed they're swinging! most people i hear playing this fast play sixteenths. what a heavy band.

@solarino3668

Kevin Fraser Art Taylor & Mr PC were heavy hitters

@tuxguys

8y↑104

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.)

@jaypat2546

3y↑2

do you mean 6 key changes near the end? sorry if its a dumb question

@tuxguys

3y↑2

@@jaypat2546 There are no dumb questions...

@jaypat2546

3y↑2

@@tuxguys Thanks! So is that the correct about what you meant with regards to the 6 tonic system?

@tuxguys

3y↑6

@SegaIsBetter MULTI-TONIC SYSTEMS:
They have to be evenly divisible into 12 (this one is 6), the keys have to be EQUIDISTANT (with 6 you get Whole Tones apart), and the tune/composition has to modulate into each of the keys at least once.
(Analysis courtesy of Wikipedia:)
ii V I ii V I
│ Em7 F7 │ B♭Maj7 D♭7 │ G♭Maj7 A7 │ DMaj7 │ Dm7 E♭7 │ A♭Maj7 B7 │ EMaj7 G7 │ CMaj7

The key areas, in order, are Bb, Db, Gb, D, Ab, E, and C...
Rearrange them in scalar order, and you have Whole Tones apart!

@jaypat2546

3y↑4

Thanks for the great explanation guys! I didn't know about this equidistant system ( specifically referring to the 6 tonic version) , music certainly can seem like a variety of number lines sometimes! Thanks again :)

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@m1ke1981

5y↑15

02:13 those end chords are so elegant!

@clarkewi

5y↑18

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

@andrescabreraf

11y↑88

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

@reynaldomadridi7238

5y↑2

andrescabreraf.....I agree!

@Auntkekebaby

4y↑2

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

@haroun4165

7y↑59

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'...

@thescatman5029

7y↑108

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

@jotarodripjo4449

5y↑16

Wow. It's hard to believe this tune was based on Tune Up by Miles Davis. Coltrane was on another level still to be surpassed by any other musicians.

@user-tf9dg8gb6f

8y↑106

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

@edwardmckenna7151

7y↑10

パーソン仲村渠 I love anime

@theninja9383

6y↑3

He's talking about the manga "Blue Giant"

@Lyendith

Same here. XD A really great manga.

@biggerdany95

@@theninja9383 Thanks! Haha

@user-sr6vl5vl8j

同じく聞いてビビった(笑)

@JazzandLife

6y↑121

90% Intro, 10% Head at the end.

@geometrydashbayve5004

...which head?

@Gaming4LifeFR

5y↑4

head starting near 01:58

@milest3560

5y↑13

So... No head?...

@andremacleuri

4y↑1

but the shape of the song is reversed!

@Dprest-nd4yc

Issa countdown

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@yodelingburrito6789

2y↑22

1:03 that whole tone run is absolutely beautiful

@kaspafischer

1y↑3

Trane applying that Slonimsky stuff... 😅

@We-all-watched-the-video

1y↑4

@@kaspafischer spent my 18th birthday studying it heavily all day 🤣🤣

@Auntkekebaby

4y↑8

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

@murkywaters6080

7y↑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.

@franciscojavierruiz7219

5y↑6

Absolutely craziness of time, accuracy and audacity!!!

@user-qe1tb6ck4x

6y↑24

これは学園祭で吹いたら度肝を抜かれるなｗｗ

@0live0wire0

10y↑173

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

@aarongalego1813

10y↑122

And 6 Keys.

@UkuleleAversion

7y↑38

And an augmented matrix which facilitates the modulation between those 6 keys.

@parisbutlermusicrealestate2900

7y↑22

And a freight trane

@UkuleleAversion

7y↑28

@nukebuster

7y↑8

Played by a coltrane yes i can believe

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@mividaestarosablanca

1y↑10

…先輩。

カーッケ。

@reynaldomadridi7238

5y↑4

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

@cactusgorilla

4y↑12

ソニー大から来ました
かっこよすぎる

@virgilrobertsjr7870

1y↑1

This is the first time I'm listening to this song by Coltrane...
#PHENOMENAL!
☆☆☆☆☆
😎

@jefflampert6336

8y↑5

Listened to this a few times in the past. Thanks for putting it up. Oughta have millions of hits but the times are what they are. This song makes my body shake.

@beachcomber4141

39w↑1

I was a young lad when I first heard this, and I wondered how anything like this was possible!! And I still wonder how anything like this is possible!!!

@godley2

5y↑3

All tenor players salute.....The General has spoken.....

@cduggan7070

12y↑3

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!

@smctrout4423

It's on Giant Steps.

@smctrout4423

3y↑8

Baseball - 5 minutes of excitement crammed into 3 hours
Countdown - the opposite of baseball

@TheThrillerJunkie

24w↑2

Wow, so that's what Dai Miyamoto was playing in that one chapter of Blue Giant... Amazing...

@animefreak7865

8w↑1

I had to check it out as well. It’s so sick

@QueenofTNT

3y↑5

If you wish to learn what it’s like having anxiety, simply put this on whenever you need to finish something.

@slowriot01

12y↑1

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

@Egard1

3y↑8

This is so freaking fast the drummers hand must of fell of after this!what would coltranes be like woah 🤯

@sutiszorny8039

2y↑1

No, well-trained jazz drummers can go up to like 450 BPM without much effort.

@kellikakes81

11y↑3

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

@srglzrmj

4y↑4

John Coltrane spitting eighth notes at 314BPM like it was a frickin' machine gun

@StarlynsAgency

8y↑8

I login to youtube to like this and share it with my fans to expose them to jazz

@Figs3

4y↑10

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

@LourenBates

12y↑7

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

@samuelbeltrami5647

4y↑2

I genuinely love this piece but I think you have to listen to it several times to really appreciate it

@thomashughes3573

4y↑5

Not sure it's possible to listen to it only once!

@hadorean

4y↑1

@@thomashughes3573 Its pretty short as well. only 2ish minutes which is unusual for jazz

@thomashughes3573

4y↑3

@@hadorean And yet I think Coltrane says everything that could possibly be said about those changes on a saxophone in those 2 minutes. Going any longer would only have diminished it.

@hadorean

4y↑4

I cry to this :(

@rualmx999

2y↑1

hermoso... sublime

@TheeJohnGee

thank you blue giant for blessing me with good stuff

@jazzerson7087

7y↑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. ;-)

@isuckatnames6078

5y↑6

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

@edgarchapa7266

2y↑8

The manga Blue Giant sent me here

@joselekiwi5695

5y↑3

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.

@claudiam764

6y↑1

Blue Giant chapter 18. Such power

@Shadow_Sonata

4y↑20

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

@BrandonCuringtonOfficial

3y↑1

Pure kino

@deansimms1502

Astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@shintaro6626

7y↑2

最高です！！

@v1sualizewhirledpeas

8y↑2

Cool that you put up a vinyl LP-recorded version..........or is that an --ironically--vintage effect added to a remastered digital new copy???? Very neat for me, as a 41 year old that has it on CD but--alas--was coming of age while Vinyl was dying--to be able to hear that. Thank you :D

@Jatere1

12y

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

@christmashigh3472

7y↑13

はーや
これは圧倒されるわ

@user-ui7wc1yc8v

8y↑6

いいゾ〜これ

@rankoss3437

2y↑2

Easily in my top 3 for bepop jazz

@MisterLN

5y↑56

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

@cheesyjamproductions6065

5y↑15

yeah! no one can hit those changes.

@DrAnimePhD

5y↑9

I CAN

@WizzWizzWorld

5y↑9

You’re that freshman from the nug line. Glad you took off your lanyard.

@turbo-sturbo

5y↑7

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

@ArielHal9000

4y↑4

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

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@dcbandnerd

5y↑3

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

@RKRKRKRKRK100

1y↑6

ブルージャイアントから来ますた

@TheFanusik

10y↑1

What an ending.

@metakatana

10y↑3

Damn... It's sooo fast!

@elylew

5y↑13

Any fool can play a zillion notes a second. Trane, a world-historic genius, made it beautiful. He flies, dips, dives, rolls...and sticks the landing. Here, you feel the changes well before Flanagan lays them in.

Please, don't disrespect Trane by suggesting his insight required drug use.

@smctrout4423

You have to be drug-free to be able to play Countdown. Oh, and you have to be John Coltrane.

@hustlaus

11y↑1

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

@estebanvera468

Es re hyper pro y re buena onda

@angelvega2937

5y↑2

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

@dmc7088

5y↑1

😳wow ....☺️

@marselmusic

6y↑3

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

@oscarortegamusic

Jimmy Bruno lead me to this song. Whew!

@xxczerxx

2y↑4

Are there no recordings of this being played live? I'd love to hear it as a proper tune, this only feels like a song near the end!

@omjup7972

2y↑1

That’s a great question, never thought of that. If you find them, put them up for us!

@scumber56

8y↑13

5 4 3 2 1 Blastoff!

@sanmaman18

7y↑9

ジャズっす

@smctrout4423

3y↑2

Imagine what Clifford Brown and Coltrane could have done together. (Head explodes)

@philknight0078

4y↑5

Listening in 2019?? 😄🎷🎼🎵🎶

@oredaoredaoredaoreda

Yeah!!!!

@mussman717word

11y↑1

John Coltrane. The Bad Brains of Hard Bop.

@yennijohansson

8y↑4

Joey alexander! His new album Countdown.. John coltrane one of his heros...

@nevertrustpower2840

7y↑1

Charlie Parker You weren't too bad yourself.

@Happy-Me.

12y↑7

I also like Allan Holdsworths version of this Coltrane song

@joel20antonio

8y↑2

Damn!!! O.O

@theminecrafthaag1609

2y↑2

Countdown to 2022

@srglzrmj

11y↑3

Coltrane metal

@biggerdany95

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

@BlikeNave

I think of Bill Burr's joke and impression of Coltrane music when he bought his jazz-loving girlfriend a Coltrane album. L O L this song reminds me of his impression.

@mpcem

coule dans mes veines ..

@charlesbarry6730

That was speed!!!

@01butaman96

7y↑2

Blue giant!!

@LuisFlores-xr5bu

3y↑1

Everyone shaming Tommy when he is the best pianist comparing to the whole comment section

@danielfitzgerald2561

4y↑3

It sounds like his saxophone is having a panic attack

@CalebPendergast

8y↑5

How many keys is he playing in?

@howardmao3331

8y↑17

+Caleb Pendergast All the keys, man. All the keys.

@CPJMUJIK

8y↑5

Basically 6-tonic system but often the dominants are switched to altered-oriented sound, so there are more scales involved.

@philip1smith2

2y↑2

One! Bb. Essentially, it's Tune Up. At it's heart, it's ii-V-I to E, ii-V-I to D, ii-V-I to C, then ii-V-I to Bb. The substitute the Coltrane changes for the ii-Vs. That's why it's Countdown! #4, 3, 2, 1!