Emmet Cohen w/ Sean Jones | Dear John (Giant Steps) 

Never quit- let great playing inspire you- on RU-vid there's a video of branford marsalis's band JVC jazz festival- or maybe Newport-around 1987- check out that bass player he was elegant- smooth and burning at the same time-there's also an excellent upright player who breaks down the chord structures- using smooth voice leading- especially through the 2-5-1 changes-have fun with the ultimate musical crossword puzzle- of course Coltrane's musical ideas-were from another plane 🎵✌️

The bassist is a badass for sure.

Exactly. I feel like throwing mine off a pier

That bass is talking to alien 👽 !!! Walk the talk 😅talk the walk 😅 !!!! I love trumpet 🎺 !!!

How could you choose Freddie over lee Morgan?

Putting Sean jones in the same sentence as Roy, Wynton, Louis, Clifford and Freddie is insane. Mike Rodrigues is literally so much better.

I miss Roy Hargrove!

Miles Davis not being in this conversation whatsoever is laughable

@@carlstewart3708 miles was less of a trumpeter as he was an innovator

You haven't been out much, bro. They still exist. This here is in Emmett's apartment and the vibe is different but the same. Just no mothafuckin' smoke (thank goodness).

@@J3unG well yea, I know. Talkn long time ago vibe. I don't smoke I get that. And dont live in the city and the city I live in has atrophied due to gentrification. And yes, not been out very much lately as well.

Bro agreed, it’s interesting to see him playing a Bach trumpet, definitely a difference from his Yamaha 8335. I’ll bet he’s still playing that huge Bach 1 1/2 C on this horn as well, I notice his tone seems a tad brighter on this Bach, with a lot more core. I dig it, I wish I knew what Strad it was, curious as hell.

@@timeisnow4116 Damn, I didn’t know he switched to Bach. Seems like all the big players on both the jazz and legit sides are all playing Yamaha. I agree, he does sound a bit brighter but he’s always still kept the larger mouthpiece setup

yah his sound and lines are very clear

@@Davidkaisermusic playing on a Bach 1 1/2 and making it sound like a lead piece lol, nutz, i guess thats what flawless technique will get you.

Absolutely fabulous! Sublime!

This trio and guests have been amazing but can you imagine if they played this one with Ben Eunson? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vJxeQQ_PrHg.html

That's not even a fair take when you consider thay Tommy Flanagan was one of the first people outside of Coltrane to navigate these changes. Dude just showed up to the session and had to figure it out with zero prep.

it is there, you just have to listen wel. Please let's not accentuate the one, it kills the swing completely

Trane wrote Giant Steps really as an exercise more than anything, he was experimenting with the now infamous augmented triad chord changes. I think the choice to use 2-5-1s through the form made sense, given the already crazy nature of the changes. But I agree though, it's definitely not my favorite standard to hear people play (except for Trane himself whose solo is beyond anything human).

Because it has no key centre. It's an exercise essentially. And yet great players regularly make great music out of it.

@@HaydenG_07 You might like this version if you haven't already heard it, I fell in love with the intro: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1-wglNPGzrQ.html

ur a tripper its one of the best compositions in jazz

this aint no exercise this song speaks beyond this dimension