Ornette coleman

Ornette Coleman

I just read that Ornette Coleman passed away June 11th, 2015.... Craziest Jazzman in the Cosmos. RIP

Richard Brody writes that Ornette Coleman broke through style and structure to seek sound.

Оригинал взят у d_kuzmina в photos by William Claxton Ornette Coleman Cootie Williams Dennis Hopper Chet Baker Steve McQueen Chet Baker Stan Getz Noel Coward Judy Garland John Cassavetes Miles Davis Gloria Swanson Natalie Wood Zoot Sims Duke Ellington George Hamilton Steve McQueen Dinah Washington…

America’s original art form is officially turning 100, but it was 58 years ago that jazz made its most ­spectacular leap, as legends from Miles Davis to Charles ­Mingus converged in New York City amid a whirlwind of ­social ­upheaval and creative ­competition. Now, as the lions of the scene hit their 90s, they tell it like it really was back in 1959: “There was a militancy that there isn’t now.”

Jazz legend Ornette Coleman dies at 85

Ornette Coleman

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Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman

The UK saxophonist first heard Ornette playing the music of tomorrow 55 years ago – but he remembers it just like yesterday

On the evening of November 17, 1959 Ornette Coleman’s quartet took the tiny stage at the Five Spot Cafe in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. This was the quartet’s debut at the big apple and there was a buzz around the new and strange music the band brought with it from the west coast. Their first album on […]

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