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Go Rhino StepGiant Steps by John Coltrane

This is what John Coltrane’s landmark tune and solo look like when they come to life on paper. If you attempt to play along, you may well discover that the transcription for the head is transposed for C and the solo’s in Bb. Weird, I know, but the transcription book that I based this animation on was in concert. You can buy the sheet music here: www.amazon.com
Video Rating: 4 / five

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25 Comments to Go Rhino StepGiant Steps by John Coltrane

  1. wiliscool's Gravatar wiliscool
    06/09/2011 at 6:50 am | Permalink

    wow, i never realized how much repetition he uses until seeing it on paper. what an eye opener. great video!

  2. bellarip's Gravatar bellarip
    06/09/2011 at 7:14 am | Permalink

    shocked

  3. ISmellLikeASexyGuy's Gravatar ISmellLikeASexyGuy
    06/09/2011 at 7:36 am | Permalink

    “piano solo”

  4. Ydla's Gravatar Ydla
    06/09/2011 at 8:05 am | Permalink

    I think the instruments should henceforth be called SEXophone. I think I just jizzed listening to this piece.

  5. iroc1171's Gravatar iroc1171
    06/09/2011 at 8:48 am | Permalink

    do you ever think his sax cought fire while playing this??

  6. MikeJScinto's Gravatar MikeJScinto
    06/09/2011 at 9:38 am | Permalink

    @ZRN959 He means music with out JUICE. You know, like, O.J Simpson–terrible singer, really.

  7. ZRN959's Gravatar ZRN959
    06/09/2011 at 10:17 am | Permalink

    @pigeonpsycho WHAT?

  8. pigeonpsycho's Gravatar pigeonpsycho
    06/09/2011 at 10:53 am | Permalink

    ah.. music without jews… im in heaven

  9. riceinabowl91's Gravatar riceinabowl91
    06/09/2011 at 11:10 am | Permalink

    Man John is good, Art Taylor jacked up the drum fill and tommy flanagan was way tentative but john rescued all of them.

  10. Sandemose's Gravatar Sandemose
    06/09/2011 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

    Saxomophone! Saxomophooone!

  11. DFurlanete's Gravatar DFurlanete
    06/09/2011 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    And this music is the reason I started playing Saxophone!

  12. 133742069's Gravatar 133742069
    06/09/2011 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    u sly fox, i was listenin to this album for the first time and i was wonderin why the starting solo from this song was missing; it’s from the end of cousin mary

  13. GODMONSTERRARGH's Gravatar GODMONSTERRARGH
    06/09/2011 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    368 bpm…wow…..

  14. amitrajkashyap's Gravatar amitrajkashyap
    06/09/2011 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    Thx Dr.cohen its a wonderful way to learn standards,,,,,,,,,your contribution to jazz and teaching in inspirational.

  15. iroc1171's Gravatar iroc1171
    06/09/2011 at 4:00 pm | Permalink

    epic piano solo

  16. adrianoqueer1's Gravatar adrianoqueer1
    06/09/2011 at 4:42 pm | Permalink

    jazz is so easy

  17. addyr100's Gravatar addyr100
    06/09/2011 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

    if you play it backwards it says john is dead

  18. unturndownable's Gravatar unturndownable
    06/09/2011 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    LOL – piano solo. Hilarious!

  19. kekoatkd1's Gravatar kekoatkd1
    06/09/2011 at 5:23 pm | Permalink

    @GWFKing Obviously it’s John Coltrane. I’m just saying whoever made this video with the sheet music going along with song is genius. i should’ve made that clear, but still.

  20. RheanKing's Gravatar RheanKing
    06/09/2011 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

    I don’t appreciate the piano solo being displayed as 14 measures of rest. That’s good stuff, too!!

  21. iroc1171's Gravatar iroc1171
    06/09/2011 at 6:36 pm | Permalink

    @JenFromMaplestory amen

  22. Broncosflahs's Gravatar Broncosflahs
    06/09/2011 at 7:22 pm | Permalink

    He’s making this up as he goes ..he’s known for playing the tenor sax with a smoke in he’s hand to crazy stuff

  23. JenFromMaplestory's Gravatar JenFromMaplestory
    06/09/2011 at 7:54 pm | Permalink

    115 People should take a giant step into oncoming traffic.

  24. Hazzel121's Gravatar Hazzel121
    06/09/2011 at 8:19 pm | Permalink

    my sax caught fire :/

  25. Fabmayer1's Gravatar Fabmayer1
    06/09/2011 at 8:30 pm | Permalink

    Muito legal!!!

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