How "Giant Steps" ruined jazz education

Paid subscribers get notated transcriptions and other musicological goodiesMusic in this episode:John Coltrane - “Giant Steps” (1960)Miles Davis - “Blues By Five” (1957)Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - “Nutty” (1957)John Coltrane - “Moment’s Notice” (1958)Miles Davis - “Milestones” (1958)Miles Davis - “So What” (1959)John Coltrane - “Countdown” (1960)John Coltrane - “Cousin Mary” (1960)John Coltrane - “Central Park West” (1960)Ella Fitzgerald - "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" (1956)Luis Russell - "I Got Rhythm" (1930)Oscar Peterson - “Have You Met Miss Jones?” (1964)John Coltrane - “But Not For Me” (1960)Tommy Flanagan - "Giant Steps" (1982)John Coltrane - “My Favorite Things” (1960)John Coltrane - “India” (1961)John Coltrane - “Acknowledgment” (1965)John Coltrane - "Mars" (1967)John Coltrane - “Venus” (1967)Kenny G - “Giant Steps” (2019)Michel Camilo Trio - “Giant Steps” (2008)Andrew Fox - “A Thousand Giant Steps by Vanessa Coltrane” (2020)Edmund Gunther - “All Star But It’s Giant Steps” (2017)Barry Harris - Piano class on “Giant Steps” (c. 1989-1998)Ethan Hein - “Giant Steps 12x Stretch” (2025)Q-Tip - “Let’s Ride” (2000)Ethan Hein - “Giant Steps Sample Jam” (2020)John Coltrane - “Living Space” (1965Flying Lotus - "Drips/Auntie's Harp" (2010)References:* John Coltrane: His Life and Music by Lewis Porter* Jazz Harmony by Andy Jaffe Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe