Ornette Coleman interview: ‘All a human being can do is help his brother and sister’

Ornette Coleman interview: ‘All a human being can do is help his brother and sister’

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norman lebrecht

June 11, 2015

Our colleague Steve Smith has unearthed a beautiful conversation he had with the late Ornette Coleman less than ten years ago. It’s all about the reasons Ornette makes music, the things that music can do.

‘I’ve been aware,’ he says, ‘that sound is the most healing quality of anything in human culture.’

Rest in peace, Ornette.

Read the full interview here.

ornette coleman, century

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