The most feared song in jazz, explained

Picked individually (not the Vox channel): an animated breakdown of the harmony with notation and the recording itself, made by Estelle Caswell's music series; an often-assigned intro to the Coltrane changes.

Vox Earworm explains why John Coltrane's Giant Steps is so hard to improvise over: tempo, rapid key changes and the Coltrane changes built on major thirds.

Video by Vox, played through YouTube's embedded player.