Stevie Wonder - Improvising on Giant Steps

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Uploaded by on Oct 28, 2008

From the Night School
Stanley Clarke & Friends.

simply ... WONDERful !!!!!

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  • I had no idea Stevie could solo over the Giant Steps pattern...even knowing what a wonderful talent he has! I heard him first on a Philly AM station, probably WFIL, on my transistor radio waiting for the junior high school bus in southeastern Penna... I always admired his music and I was influenced by him when I became a professional musician in the 1970's....but to do Giant Steps is a real challenge.

    - J. Sharp, former jazz recording artist on Reference Records

  • @sharp5music Congrats J. Sharp. We have the same opinion about Stevie's skill over Giant Steps chord progression.

    It's amazing !!!!

  • This man is probably the most musical person in the universe :-)

  • @perryguitar Agreed !!!

  • Stevie will imho go up as one of the great jazz composers of the late 20th century..many of his compositions are so harmonically rich & sophisticated that they deserve to be standards 

  • @JazzLoverKhurram Exactly !! Herbie Hancock sayed this about Stevie. Somelike a "He's don't know the rules. So, don't know he's breaking as."

    And if we listen carefully the B-Sides of Stevie, we can get the Hancock opinion. It's WONDERful !!!

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  • @perryguitar

    A major influence for everybody in all styles!!

  • My first LP purchase was "Talking Book" but I had no IDEA that Stevie could run some piano lines over Giant Steps at a pretty good tempo too! Bravo! Whomever had the comment about WFIL - yeah!

  • Wow !

  • It looks like Stevie is playing the drums at certain times :D

  • @FIXXTHE lol XD right...

  • i wish i was blind so id be this good

  • @robbielem99 nah blame the tempo. 

  • Stevie is so great and he inspires MANY people to find their own greatness. One of the most important musicians in ANY genre, in fact he transcends genres and categories.

  • Just got my mind blown! :) Thank you!

  • drums sound like a midi loop, groovless. Great playing though.

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