ane . ▁ ▁Record ings ▁There ▁are ▁four ▁released ▁versions ▁of ▁" Gi ant ▁Ste ps " ▁from ▁Col tr ane ' s ▁original ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁sessions . ▁All ▁are ▁collected ▁on ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁Masters ▁CD ▁Edition ▁of ▁Gi ant ▁Ste ps ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Two ▁versions , ▁catalog ued ▁as ▁alternative ▁versions ▁ 1 ▁and ▁ 2 , ▁feature ▁C ed ar ▁Wal ton ▁on ▁piano ▁and ▁Lex ▁Hum ph ries ▁on ▁drums ▁and ▁were ▁recorded ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁On ▁May ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁two ▁additional ▁versions ▁were ▁recorded ▁with ▁Tommy ▁Fl an agan ▁on ▁piano ▁and ▁Art ▁Taylor ▁on ▁drums . ▁The ▁take ▁numbers ▁are ▁unknown ▁for ▁May ▁ 5 , ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁versions ▁became ▁the ▁master ▁track ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁album . ▁All ▁record ings ▁were ▁made ▁at ▁Atlantic ▁Studios , ▁New ▁York . ▁The ▁master ▁studio ▁recording ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁album ▁Gi ant ▁Ste ps , ▁which ▁was ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁Gram my ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁" Gi ant ▁Ste ps " ▁has ▁been ▁covered ▁by ▁numerous ▁artists , ▁including ▁Arch ie ▁She pp ▁and ▁Max ▁Ro ach ▁on ▁The ▁Long ▁March ▁( 1 9 7 9 ) ▁and ▁Henry ▁Butler ▁on ▁his ▁debut ▁album ▁F iv in ' ▁Ar ound ▁( 1 9 8 6 ), ▁among