▁" Cent ral ▁Park ▁West " ▁and ▁" Count down ", ▁and ▁his ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁G ers hw ins ' ▁song , ▁" But ▁Not ▁For ▁Me ." ▁According ▁to ▁Qu in cy ▁Jones , ▁Col tr ane ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁an ▁example ▁in ▁Nicolas ▁S lon im sky ' s ▁Th es aur us ▁of ▁S cal es ▁and ▁Mel od ic ▁Pattern s , ▁stating : ▁" Every one ▁thinks ▁Col tr ane ▁wrote ▁that , ▁he ▁didn ’ t . ▁It ’ s ▁S lon im sky . ▁That ▁book ▁started ▁all ▁the ▁jazz ▁guys ▁impro vis ing ▁in ▁ 1 2 - t one . ▁Col tr ane ▁carried ▁that ▁book ▁around ▁till ▁the ▁pages ▁fell ▁off ". ▁ ▁" Gi ant ▁Ste ps " ▁is ▁usually ▁played ▁in ▁a ▁' fast ▁swing ' ▁style . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁" Gi ant ▁Ste ps " ▁has ▁been ▁pra ised ▁by ▁critics ▁and ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁jazz ▁standard ▁along ▁with ▁" Na ima " ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁album . ▁According ▁to ▁L inds ay ▁Plan er , ▁" Gi ant ▁Ste ps " ▁was ▁a ▁" c ru cial ▁touch stone ▁in ▁the ▁pro gression ▁of ▁Col tr ane ’ s ▁music ". ▁She ▁also ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁" t aste ful ▁synchron icity ▁and ▁thoroughly ▁flexible ▁p acing " ▁of ▁Paul ▁Ch amb ers ▁and ▁Art ▁Taylor ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁recording , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁" f ren etic ▁leads " ▁by ▁Fl an agan ▁and ▁Col tr