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Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman is an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer known to be the main founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from the album Free Jazz: A Collective Random in his 1960's. His avant-garde performances often abandon structures based on bebop tuning and tuning, instead emphasizing the jarring and jarring approach to improvisation and avant-garde. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Coleman began his music career playing in local R&B and bebop bands, and eventually formed his own band in Los Angeles with members like Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy. Higgins. In 1959, he released the controversial album The Shape of Jazz to Come and began his permanent residence at the Five Spot jazz club in New York. His 1960 album Free Jazz will deeply influence the jazz trend this decade. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Coleman formed Prime Time and explored his funk and concept of harmonic music.
Birth nameRandolph Denard Ornette Coleman
BornMarch 9, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 2015, New York City
GenresAvant-garde jazz, free jazz, free funk, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsAlto saxophone, tenor saxophone, violin, trumpet
Years active1940s–2015
LabelsAtlantic, Blue Note, Verve
Associated actsDon Cherry, Charlie Haden, Bobby Bradford, Scott LaFaro, Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell, Dewey Redman, Denardo Coleman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Jamaaladeen Tacuma

About Ornette Coleman

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman was born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States on March 9, 1930. He dies at the age of 85, on June 11, 2015.

Saxophonist who won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for his album Sound Grammar.

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Ornette Coleman before becoming famous

Ornette Coleman was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1930 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He was booted out of the school band because he added his own personality to the song.

Achievement of Ornette Coleman

His sound is known for its keening and wailing blues tone.

Ornette Coleman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1954, he married Poet Jayne Cortez and they had one kid.

Ornette Coleman on Social Media

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He was the seventeenth Trumpet Player Miles Davis Award recipient.

Ornette Coleman Income & Net worth

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Ornette Coleman Height and Weight

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