Ornette Coleman
American jazz trumpeter and saxophonist
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman 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. Wikipedia
Born: March 9, 1930, Fort Worth, TX
Died: June 11, 2015 (age 85 years), Manhattan, New York, NY
Music group: Prime Time
Children: Denardo Coleman
Parents: Randolph Coleman and Rosa Coleman
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One who is admired by artists across all genres for his convictions, the fight for freedom of creativity and to be one's self. Ornette passed away in June 2015 ...
Father of the free jazz movement, and a saxophonist and composer who became one of the prime innovators in jazz and modern music. Read Full Biography ...