Giant Steps - Ravi Coltrane's Solo

Ravi Coltrane Quartet Live in France

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Music

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• jazz
• sax
• coltrane
• ravi coltrane
• giant steps
• tenor sax
• live
• piano

[davidofpiano423]

It almost seems like John Coltrane's recorded solo on this piece - melody, rhythm and improvisation - was so perfect, that one can't help but compare it to everyone else's attempt at it. I mean, Ravi is amazing, better than I'll ever be, but it's almost like hearing someone try to cover a Beatles song. It's already perfect.... doesn't mean you shouldn't still try, but I can't shake my experience of the original version while listening. Maybe I'm just a weak listener... thoughts?

[sigmundgroid]

@davidofpiano423 I would not define you as a "weak listener", but IMHO your statement is more based on an emotional feeling rather than on a musical analysis and actual comparison between Ravi and John!

[flipadiddle]

i find it strange that everyone keeps comparing ravi coltrane's solo on this particular tune to his dads solo. this is a jazz standard that thousands of jazz musicians have played millions of times. ravi has probably played this tune countless times...he's not thinking about his dads solo. he's just playing the damn tune, like he should be!

[digiblood]

John Coltrane's solo isn't really a solo to me. It really is the song itself. I really enjoyed this version, since like everyone says, it's both modern and soulful which is the most import combination for a modern interpretation.

However this wouldn't be half as enjoyable if we hadn't heard the original solo by John Coltrane. So the comparison on which one's better doesn't carry much meaning.

[gisaac46]

This is not a carbon copy of his father's solo! It is soulful and rhymthic and I really like this version of Giant Steps - Go Ravi Coltrane!!

[weskoki]

@pebblefrog196 I agree! 

[pebblefrog196]

I actually like Ravi's solo more. The contours of the lines are more varied and less monotonous. Just my opinion.

[cel991]

@flipadiddle Exactly what i would say!!!! It's fantastic what he's doing!

[caseymusic]

Ravi is Ravi period. Like his father (one of the best on the planet ever). He is playing what he's feeling and hearing in his head. To constantly put him under the microscope and comparing him to his father to me is an injustice to the brother. Jazz is an art form that lives in the moment and when the moment is gone that's it. This solo is Ravi and what he was feeling in those moments and what he was hearing in his head. It's like people are asking Ravi to become his Dad and that's foolish.

[oshizo2]

oh this solo is nothing like his fathers in the og recording. very creative.

[HellzSmellz]

RAVI...join my band....I'm a guitar player!!!

[docsax]

Ravi is playing his ass off here, he's got a new modern sound and approach to the music. Ravi is bad, and Trane lives on through him.  I love Ravi's playing, and he's the nicest of cats also....5 Stars

[eemlase]

@davidofpiano423 I understand what you're saying and I find it very nice when people play his solo. But it's still a nice song wich some people really can play well. If you go to Prague, go se Ondrej Stveracek and ask him to play Giant Steps. That's amazing too!