Why Coltrane's Giant Steps is hard to improvise over
Vox · Explainer · 11 min · 2018 · YouTube title: The most feared song in jazz, explained
Why it's here
Recommended as a well-produced, accessible explanation of Giant Steps and the harmonic ideas behind Coltrane's work.
What it covers
Vox Earworm explains why John Coltrane's Giant Steps is so hard to improvise over: it is fast and moves through three keys. Musicians Braxton Cook and Adam Neely walk the host through the underlying music theory.