Giant Steps
1960
The title track modulates through three keys so fast that the pianist, Tommy Flanagan, audibly struggles through his solo on the finished take.
★ 8.6
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Sketches of Spain
1960
Gil Evans built it around a Spanish guitar concerto, scoring the solo part for trumpet. It took months and nearly broke both of them.
★ 6.4
Soul Station
1960
A critic called Mobley the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone, meaning he never played loudly, and this is where that pays off.
★ 4.9
At Newport 1960
1960
The 1960 festival ended in a riot, but Muddy's set got out on record and half of Britain's guitarists learned it.
★ 4.5