50+ Music<p>"Giant Steps" is a jazz <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/composition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>composition</span></a> by American saxophonist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnColtrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnColtrane</span></a>. It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GiantSteps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiantSteps</span></a>. The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColtraneChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColtraneChanges</span></a>. The composition has become a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>, covered by many artists. Due to its speed and rapid transition through the three keys of B major, G major and E♭ major, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vox</span></a> described the piece as "the most feared song in jazz". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>