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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation.
Mar 5, 2024 · Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.—died June 11, 2015, New York, New York) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who was the principal initiator and leading exponent of free jazz in the late 1950s.
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Jun 11, 2015 · June 11, 2015. Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 85....
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Jun 11, 2015 · Ornette Coleman, the American saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died early on Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan....
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Learn about the life and music of Ornette Coleman, the jazz legend who invented harmolodics and challenged the conventions of jazz and society. Explore his discography, awards, influences, and legacy on his official website.
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Ornette Coleman, the lightning rod. The most polarizing figure in the history of jazz. The alto saxophonist who outwitted segregation to hit the scene in 1959 and turn the music world on its head. Bursting through bebop and inventing harmolodics, a sound flowing with the unpredictable rhythms of being.
Nov 13, 2006 · Ornette Coleman. It's not easy living on the avant-garde edge of any art, let alone the always-changing world of jazz. But for nearly 50 years, the sound of Ornette Coleman has proven to be...
