The Davis / Coltrane collaboration Kind Of Blue significantly influenced Coltrane's later works like the OP's Giant Steps and parent's A Love Supreme.

Of which you're undoubtedly aware; I'm just explaining the inside joke in your second line to others.

P.S. Kind of Blue is also my favorite.

I did qualify it with "arguably". Kind of Blue is, IMHO, the other viable candidate.

My favorite music podcast, You’ll Hear It, uses “is it better than KOB” as one of their album review metrics!

I think you wrote "On The Corner" a bit weird there.