prominently "Naima" and "Giant Steps". Reception The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" calling it "Trane's first genuinely iconic record." In 2003, the album was ranked number 102 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 103 in a 2012 revised list, and 232 in a 2020 revised list. In 2000 it was voted number 764 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. On March 3, 1998, Rhino Records reissued Giant Steps as part of its Atlantic 50th Anniversary Jazz Gallery series. Included were eight bonus tracks, five of which had appeared in 1975 on the Atlantic compilation Alternate Takes, the remaining three earlier issued on The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings in 1995. Track listing Recording dates: Thursday March 26, 1959: Tracks 8, 9, 13, 14 Monday May 4, 1959: Tracks 3, 4, 11 Tuesday May 5, 1959: Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 15 Wednesday December 2, 1959: Track 6 Personnel Musicians John Coltrane – tenor saxophone Tommy Flanagan – piano Wynton Kelly – piano on "Naima" Paul Chambers – bass Art Taylor – drums Jimmy Cobb – drums on "Naima" Cedar Walton – piano on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions Lex Humphries – drums on "Giant Steps" and “Naima" alternate versions Production Nesuhi Ertegün – producer Tom Dowd, Phil Iehle – engineer Lee Friedlander – photography Marvin Israel – cover design Nat Hentoff – liner notes Bob Carlton, Patrick Milligan – reissue supervision Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch – digital remastering Rachel Gutek – reissue design Hugh Brown – reissue art direction Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Julee Stover – reissue editorial supervision Ted Meyers, Elizabeth Pavone – reissue editorial coordination Release history 1960 – Atlantic Records SD 1311, vinyl record 1987 – Atlantic Records, first generation compact disc 1994 – Mobile Fidelity Gold CD 1998 – Rhino Records R2 75203, Deluxe Edition compact disc and 180-gram vinyl record 2020 – Atlantic Records R2 625106/603497848393, 60 Years Deluxe Edition, 2 CDs (Remastered Album + Outtakes) Certifications References External links Liner notes and track notes, Rhino Deluxe Edition 1960 albums Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun Atlantic Records albums Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Hard bop albums Instrumental albums John Coltrane albums United States National Recording Registry albums