[Dixielandjazz] Giant Steps & AJB

[Mike]

It probably wouldn't be that hard to transfer into OKOM. You 
would probably have to make a few harmonic changes, but I'm sure 
it could be done.

Mike




David Dustin wrote:
> I did a double-take when I saw Coltrane¹s Giant Steps being discussed in
> this forum.  Modern jazz masterpiece it may be, but it is definitely not
> MKOM and I cannot begin to imagine how anyone can successfully render it in
> an OKOM vein.  Kudos to whoever does it/has done it, but I still would
> rather listen to Bill Bailey or Panama, or even Hello Dolley, thank you very
> much.
> 
> Let me add that the only version of Giant Steps I have ever heard that I can
> begin to fathom (and I use that word advisedly) is the one by the New York
> Voices on their ³Hearts of Fire² CD (GRP Records, GRD-9653). Perhaps it is
> because it is rendered with lyrics and vocalese and because of defective
> genes or moral flaws that cause me to love OKOM, I need something other than
> Coltrane¹s prodigious torrent of notes to form the song for me.
> 
> David Dustin