Reception
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| Allmusic | |
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| Jazz Times | (favorable) |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
| Rhapsody | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
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| Virgin Encyclopedia | |
| The Vortex | (favorable) |
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.
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.
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