GIANT STEPS at 40 BPM (yes, 40)
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I guess a victory but that's not so hard. How about playing in5/4 or 7/4 I have done it and so have many others, The Beatles did it and then slowed the recording down to half speed and did not change the pitch, can you do that without a computer? I want to here you do that! Frank Zappa also did it but he was much smarter than all of us put together. I was in my high school jazz stage band in the late 70's, our teacher-conductor would have us change time and key signatures on the fly by either vocal signals, visual signals, or by the tap of his wand. I have also seen Rush do it live back in the '80's and '90's. Santana also did live quite a bit. King Crimson even played in 9/4 live. To music listeners what you did may be a big deal, but to musicians who have played in symphonies it is not. Many classical pieces go through time and key signature changes many times in one movement.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh you’re rambling and it’s annoying....just enjoy the video -.-
So insightful, so genius! You should start a channel and take all of Dave’s subs for yourself as you’re clearly the superior player.
Why do something that has already been done numerous times? That’s backwards thinking, as emphasized by your dwelling of the past. You can start your own channel and put your horn where your mouth is. 🎷😮
tHOMAS Redmond “with a tap of his wand”. Was it a magic wand?
P.s. Zappa was a genius for sure and directed the band with hand signals. They were super tight and killed it.
I think the Mingus band had a similar kind of free flow. That’s what it sounds like but it’s hard to say how much it varied night to night.
Ok boomer
Flawless victory
I wanna see a collab
There is one on Simon’s channel - “Anime Fusion” but also stay tuned for my Christmas Tune of the Day series - you’ll see him again!!
Dang what an intersection of giants
What Flanagan was hoping for when he saw the chords.
Rough
Flanagan: oh boy, I can’t wait to play some smooth jazz today
Coltrane: 148 bpm 1 2 3 4
Flanagan: fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUUUCCK
Oof
That’s tough 💀
Can confirm
Come on Dave, this isn’t even musical. Can’t you play something with some more melody and soul?
Oops wait wrong giant steps video
I hate posting hate on the wrong video too! Hahahahaaa
Dave Pollack LOL😂😂😂
Lol
Thank you Frankie!!!! It is very relaxing and I like it. I am not about bashing artists, I believe everyone has talent and should be free to play what they want, I just want to be honest about what I hear and I should be able to comment freely as well. This is not Facebook or Twitter where everyone is full of hate! Being honest is not being a hater, I have been in the music industry for 40 years, I know what it is like. It is not easy, it can be cutthroat, and it can also be wonderful and enlightening. Dave is doing what he loves and if someone really hates it they can turn it off. I like what he has done, I even subscribed to his channel, If I made him mad at me that's on him, I was just being honest just like you were Frankie. You have 275 likes so we are not alone.
I just subscribed to your channel, love the content you have ,it's great! Wow you have so many subscribers! Take care!
I like how performing Giant Steps in a wacky way became kind of a meme inside the jazz comunity because you can get really good stuff out of that, this is a prime example of the really good stuff.
Kenny G is proud
I hope!
Actually one of the 👎, from a very reliable source.
Paulo G nah
Has Kenny ever played Giant Steps❓ I know he used to have Naima in his set.
Please don' t mention the, "K", word, around here!
Small steps
Long Steps
Turtle steps
More like Argentinosaurus steps, giant and slow.
I guess we're just taking some
*BABY STEPS.*
Midget Steps
cant believe you have 3 other guys on standby ready to play giant steps at 40 bpm
(well 2 other guys...I played keys...)
I love it when jokes are fully fleshed out and performed/produced at a standard level. Really quality stuff Dave, you never cease to impress me.
I appreciate that! I love turning jokes/memes/challenges into music - it's a blast!
if you can play it quickly, you can play it slowly!
And vice versa
Your from 2setviolin aren't you
Lingling
2set jokes are not allowed here.
Now im starting to get it!!! Hahahaha jk
so this is how tommy flanagan thought it would go
once again, OUCH
Lololololol
Was about to comment that lol...
Oh now i can transcribe it 🤣🤣
Hahah! Much easier than the other one!
Music Theory class hacks activated.
I am FLABBERGASTED by how this started as a meme idea. So good!
The fact that it works well even at 40bpm shows just how good the original piece was.
It’s amaing!
Tbh is like a version of naima, but with giant steps chord progression
I think I actually enjoyed this more than 400bpm. Great work as normal!!
Well to be fair the other was wasn't musical at all lol
I love how you can take a ridiculous premise and still somehow make enjoyable music. I see the titles of your videos and I’m like “there’s no way he’s going to pull this one off”, but you’ve done it again! Smooth for days!!
Hah! That's honestly my goal - I try to draw people in with some whacky stuff, but show them there's some legit in there, haha
Dude this is so chill, if Giant Steps at 400 bpm was supersonic bebop, this version is supersmooth jazz
Sounds really great. Easy to listen to. I imagine this song playing when I'm drinking a coffee and its just pouring rain outside
That's some soulful playing.
Wow, keys feel like they last a full phrase now. Incredible.
My Jazz Band did Giant Steps in 60bpm once through the head and then at normal speed for the second. It was really fun. We also soloed the same way, run though slow and once fast.
This is the kind of things that shows how armonically beautiful is this song
Really nice! I never heard Giant Steps as a ballad!
This ain't no ballad, this a lullaby.
So slowwwww
Edit: yo this actually sounds super cool
Hahaha glad you dug it
Put it at 0.25x speed
that's big boi tempo
Pain.
Too fast for my taste
Pain
2x speed is groovy
This is actually helping me practice this song
So much fun to play along to... Can finally play this tune!
Great!
So smooth and sultry. Never thought Giant Steps could sound like an awesome smooth jazz jam
Reminiscence of Coltrane's Ballads album. Very good !
I'm not very familiar with giant steps in the first place, but 400bpm was hilarious, this is just super chill and sounds like it might be written to be played at this speed.
Giant Steps is indeed a piece that is intended to be played very fast.
Love that you got a bass is on this, that really ties the sound together
Yup - and Mike is a BEAST
man that set sounds so good!
Slow Steps has Molten my mind into sweet bliss.
Hearing giant steps slow was really refreshing, felt like it could breathe. Loved hearing this
Oh yeah! That's what I call smooth jazz 👌
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SMOOTH JAZZ VOL. 34!!!
Dave it’s amazing how and your team are making jazz great again!
love all the attention bass gets in this recording! :D sounds great!~
Giant Steps needs an actual slow jazz remake. Keep the intro the same but mellow out the solo with a nice walking bass & west coast feel, & I’d be in love
well, that WAS different! Like the jazz man said when asked "aint you got something slow?? He replied, yep, January and February!!"
This is beautiful. Thank you
Much appreciated!
Man oh man, so smooth it puts Don Juan to shame. Thank you guys for the quality content!
This sounds so nice! I'm listening to it while working and, damn, feels amazing. But the melody part took years to end, which makes sense, since it was written to be played super fast. I would love to listen to a contra-fact melody that better suited this tempo. Anyway, great work as always, Dave!
Thank You so much for shining a different light on Giant Steps! In this slow hemiola feel, giant steps can be enjoyed by any crowd in any setting!! Totally playing this song at my next gig :)
Honestly still impressed can’t lie
So soothing and mellow. Dave you're super talented.
I appreciate that!!
@@DavePollack Dave you are one of my sax mentors for life.
This was a tip I got from Harold Maybern and Jamil Nasser, to learn EVERY standard first as a BALLAD! Thanks for doing this, Dave!
I studied with Mabern at William Patern! Man I miss professor...such an amazing person. Yep I think earning tunes as ballads is a GREAT way to really dig inside the tune. Mulgrew Miller was into that as well!
Hit settings and playback X 2, even better! Great work.
Bruh.... now THIS is what I wanted. A revelation to jazz to make it SMOOOOOOOOTH!! Now I counted it off too fast because I thought it would’ve been funny. I am happy someone understands what wanted
gotchu fam
This is the most unnerving Giant steps I’ve heard. 2:25 is so lovely
honestly i kinda love it! gives of some kamasi washington vibes
Not a meme but legit interpretation. I dig it
That’s very very nice 🎷 small step for Pollack... Giant step for Giant Steps 👍🏻❤️ B E A uuuuteful🎷🎹🥁🎶❤️
Ha! Thanks
There's some insanely talented people on this planet!
Pouring myself a drink now to enjoy this
Oh yeah. This one’s going into my “Jazz Study Playlist.
I looooooove this😱😱.....better than the normal speed
Didn’t think you’d actually do it 😂
Come on now! 😉
Beautiful version. Awesome
Thanks! Really glad you liked it
the phrase from 0:59 to 1:20 sounds cool
this is spectacular and that is not an opinion
And smooth jazz was born.
Very Nice. I remember hearing Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz at least once saying she always liked this tune as a ballad. She thought the chords and melody were too beautiful to go by as quickly as Trane played them, and of course she's just as correct as not. Beautiful tune at any tempo.
Wow I can’t play that slow if I tired good job
Fantastic! it's a great improvement on so many versions! regards from Peter Bennett (Melbourne, Australia.)
Man, this is awesome! Beautiful playing. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Really glad you enjoyed it
Thought this was the tutorial that would finally help me get the breakthrough I've been yearning for 😭
Well if you can’t play something in music, a remedy that works most of the time is playing it super slow and slowly speeding it up
Really smooth! It reminds me of the opening of Betty Carter's version.
Sounds way better. Idk why but really chills me! 😊😎 beautiful done.. I'm gonna try it in the English horn
So smooth gotta love it
all day, every day
Didn't know your channel before! I really enjoyed this one
I appreciate that! Check out some of my other videos - there are a lot!
See also - Central Park West (ballad Coltrane changes but instead of major 3rds you're going in minor 3rds, so cycling 4 keys rather than 3)
This works so well, fantastic!!
Honestly I've always believed an electric guitar lofi slow-mo Giant Steps would be a pretty decent anime study girl meme track. I wasn't wrong.
Love it, how about Central Park West at 20 BPM next? Jk keep it up man!
Hahah, thanks!
Saw it, and said... "dats slow yo"!
Thought I was slow, fine job.
Hahh
Aww yeah, now I can do a walking bass over this. Regardless, this is a good performance
Sounds really nice!
Thanks!
So which is harder to play musically, 400BPM or 40BPM? Barring the purely physical aspects of playing fast, having all that "space" at 40BPM to fill with musical ideas has it's own challenges. Ballads are hard to play! I did also enjoy the lighter side of it, thanks for sharing!
Someone asked this already so I'll paste my reply: 400 was much harder by far. I LOVE playing ballads and just playing slow in general. Tone is the most important thing when I play, so I was right at home with this. I NEVER played a tune at 400 before and it was way above my current ability, hahah
At a certain point you get lost on where you are in the song and it becomes a really nice jazz track.
This sounds really nice and quite relaxing!
Thanks!
I too love smooth jazz
Me too!!
Smooth steps
Hahahahaha I can't even express the amount of happiness this gives me.
I hope to see this trio live soon!
call me crazy but I think it's more difficult to perform a piece that slow than playing it fast. You have to keep the tempo like a swiss clock. That's a great performance man!!
I remember reading about tommy flanagan, supposedly, 2 weeks before the recording of giant steps coltrane went to tommys house and showed him the chord progression at "ballad pace", surely it was something like this, hence flanagan's difficulties on the recording day
ANOTHER FLANAGAN COMMENT!! Hahahah
Sound really great like ballad jazz 😍😍
Giant Steps but its Giant Steps ft. Hands "Hands" Hands on keys. Nice.
“10 Fingers Fred”
I dig it
Yeah but can you play it with FEELING. It's about more than just licks, you know. It's about the notes you don't play.
By which I mean, more blues scale.
That's the speed Tommy Flanagan Thought it was supposed to be played lol
Brutal lol
Idk why, but I low key get Christmas vibes.
Basically Central Park West 😅 hahaha jk this is really really great man
wow, nice!!!
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Sounds great!, I love this version. But I feel 80bmp, like a 32 bars standard more than the 16 bars of giant steps.
Sounds like I’m listening to a hi-def weather channel vaporwave mix 😄
Man how do you keep up with the changes going that fast? Amazing
I'm just gifted I guess