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Topic: Giant Steps by John Coltrane video on YouTube |
Richard Nelson
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Jack Stanton
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Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 24 Apr 2018 5:25 pm |
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| Very cool, Richard! |
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Joseph Napolitano
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2018 5:46 pm
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| Nice! |
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Richard Nelson
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Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
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Christopher Woitach
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 6:16 pm
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Great job - really nice, connected, and musical lines! Really well done
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Richard Nelson
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Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
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Ken Boi
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Apr 2018 4:16 am
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Very nice Richard. Good job!
I hope you get the video quality sorted out. |
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John Alexander
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Posted 27 Apr 2018 12:03 am
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| Very good! |
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T. C. Furlong
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Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2018 9:05 am
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| Really nice playing Richard. I never had the concentration to get all the way through Giant Steps. I now know that it can be done, back to the crying table I go.... |
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Richard Nelson
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Posted 28 Apr 2018 4:35 pm
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Thanks TC, John and Ken. I’ve been working on this tune on and off for maybe 17 years and I played it on my Masters recital last year in DIT. It’s perseverance mostly. I’ve studied the Coltrane solo and I’ve been working on triad pairs and the Bergonzi tetrascale approach recently. This tune is a real test of what chops you’ve got but really it’s what Christopher said, which is about musical lines. I banged this solo out without much pre-conception but all that stuff I’ve worked on for years is in there somewhere.
It’s a tune that’s a lot easier than a lot of Charlie Parker tunes and if anyone wants to hear real jazz played by the best it’s Doug Jernigan every time.
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Bob Taillefer
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Canada
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Posted 1 May 2018 4:33 pm
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The way you connect melodic lines on Giant Steps is excellent. Listening to Gerry Bergonzi certainly helps. Bravo!
Bob T. |
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Richard Nelson
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Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
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Steve Sycamore
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Sweden
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Posted 3 May 2018 4:12 am
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Very nice and wonderfully melodious! At one time I transcribed the recorded Coltrane solo to 6 string guitar with tab but never tried it on PSG. Joe Diorio's material could be worth attention too:
Joe Diorio -- Giant Steps: An In-Depth Study of John Coltrane's Classic |
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Richard Nelson
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