Branford Marsalis Quartet - Giant Steps (1988)

Clip from the concert video (VHS) "STEEP" featuring:

Branford Marsalis - Tenor Sax
Kenny Kirkland - Piano
Delbert Felix - Bass
Lewis Nash - Drums

[wresk]

tempo here is about 30 BPM higher than the one at JVC festival in 1987....crazy

[bobscott]

Kenny Kirkland eats Giant Steps for lunch...and still has room for dessert!

[melvinpolanski]

they play it like there falling out of bed. Incredible. Kirkland burns up the piano! RIP, Kenny. I love the altered last note of the melody phrases.

[vintagethings]

Branford gets my applause for the reworking of the tune from the top!

[Joe_TheGood]

1:12 when you play giant steps, but this time you studied the piano part

[REDR]

I had forgotten how great Kenny Kirkland was. Thanks for the reminder, that was one killer solo.

[diegoamdrums]

Felix and Nash lock in like nothing else man. Crazy.

[derkommissar]

I have seen Branford perform twice, ut this is astounding.

[azuzz]

It is SO hard to play giant steps with just drums and no harmony, so incredible to see

[lizgoodwin]

Masterful quartet! Branford Marsalis has a propensity to make the most difficult compositions sound facile! I have virtually all of his cds. God bless the memory of and the stellar musicianship of the late, great Kenny Kirkland. There will never be another! Blessings to all. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance!

[shiggins]

Kenny Kirkland, we miss you! Thanks for the music.

[carloscappellini]

Nobody on this earth can play this better than Kenny.

[BarryArgyle]

Wow... Definitely the best version I've heard after Coltrane.. and that's saying a lot.

[alansenzaki]

Rest in peace kenny. A great musician...fantastic solo. Branford killer solo!!

[alexpavchinski]

KK was scary great - a true master greatly missed!

[HectorVII]

kenny kirkland and branford are just amazing wow

[GreyBlue]

Such a sweet and smooth sound it's making me fall in love with jazz again. I remember the first time I saw the documentary"Jazz Seen" and I cried it was so beautiful. I was around 16 at the time and have loved jazz ever since although I must admit I've fallen out of it slightly.

[nibirusoundstudios]

His tone is nearly identical to Coltrane.

[saxophonistscorner]

Finally, the YouTube algorithm understands me… 😊

[sAEGGi]

thats such of a jazz banger thats unbelievable