Ornette Coleman
US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer
Fort Worth, United States • 1930-03-09 – 2015-06-11
Biography
Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the founders and major innovators of the 1960s free jazz movement and one of the most notable figures in jazz history. Coleman was born in 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas where he participated in his high school band until being dismissed for improvising during "The Washington Post" march. He began performing rhythm and blues and bebop, initially on tenor saxophone.
Discography
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
1959
Free Jazz
1961
New York Is Now!
1968
Change Of The Century
1960
Science Fiction
1972
Love Call
1971
Twins
1971
The Empty Foxhole
1966
An Evening With Ornette Coleman
1967
Town Hall • 1962
1965
Ornette On Tenor
1962
Sound Museum - Hidden Man
1996
Sound Museum - Three Women
1996
The Belgrade Concert
1995
Broken Shadows
1990
Of Human Feelings
1982
Body Meta
1978
Dancing In Your Head
1977
Crisis
1972
Skies Of America
1972
Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street
1970
The Music Of Ornette Coleman
1967
Chappaqua Suite
1966
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