Coltrane's Shadow

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The musical ground covered ranges from Giant Steps (1959) through A Love Supreme (1964), the two landmark Coltrane studio recordings that define the aesthetic poles. He taped Coltrane for his own edification. The second “Giant Steps,” nearly as speedy as the studio version, prompts a more anxious, button-down Coltrane, and Tyner doesn’t solo.

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