Ornette Coleman is dead

Ornette Coleman is dead

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norman lebrecht

June 11, 2015

The great saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and jazz master died today, aged 85.

He pushed through the barriers into free jazz in 1959 and followed up with The Shape of Jazz to Come, and never looked back. His innovations were on a par with Miles Davis. Leonard Bernstein was an admirer.

ornette coleman, 1959

Comments

  • Anon says:

    Ornette lives…!

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