Songwhip: John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Banger of an album. The story goes he Didn't let pianist Tommy Flanagan reherse before recording and you can hear a few of the the moments he tries to keep up at the 148 bpm. Meanwhile Coltrane blast into a wild solo as soon as his part is up. Lol.
"The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as Coltrane changes. The composition has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists.[3][4] Due to its speed and rapid transition through the three keys of B major, G major and E♭ major,[5] Vox described the piece as "the most feared song in jazz" and "one of the most challenging chord progressions to improvise over" in the jazz repertoire."
"with other compositions, Coltrane brought "Giant Steps" to the studio without rehearsal.[7] On the original recording, Flanagan played a choppy start-stop solo in which he appears to struggle to improvise over Coltrane changes without preparation.[7] Flanagan revisited "Giant Steps" on several recordings, including an album named after the song, which he dedicated to Coltrane.[8]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Steps_(composition)
Great video explaining this legend of an album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w