Thursday, May 16, 2013

#882 John Coltrane - Giant Steps

A fantastically dynamic jazz album, with frantic runs running electric, bounding off of this and that like a cartoon character that got into the good stuff, surging off invisible forces, surging according to unseen patterns of resistance and chance. The actual licks are fast and unpredictable, the backing relentless, and the songs full of knotty structure, running ground low, and lightning high as the time demands.

Not jazz for your cool cocktail parties, this is jazz that demands your attention, jazz that seems like it might break something if you leave it unattended 4/5

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