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    Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known...
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  • Discography for American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. 1958: Something Else!!!! (Contemporary, 1958) 1959: Tomorrow Is the Question! (Contemporary...
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    saxophone, in spite of the fame gained from its use by Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman, failed to gain acceptance among professional saxophone players due...
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    Denardo Ornette Coleman (born April 19, 1956) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of Ornette Coleman and Jayne Cortez. Born to Jayne Cortez and...
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  • Ornette! is a studio album by the alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman. It was released in February 1962 through Atlantic Records. The album...
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  • jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, recorded in July and August of 1960 and released on Atlantic Records in March 1961. It was Coleman's first album with...
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    1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to...
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  • The Music of Ornette Coleman is an album featuring music composed by Ornette Coleman. It was recorded during March 1967 in New York City, and was released...
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  • an album by the American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded in September and October of 1971 and released on Columbia...
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  • jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1971. The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes...
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  • An Evening with Ornette Coleman is a live album by Ornette Coleman. It was recorded in August 1965 at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, London, and was initially...
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    In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet. In 1969, he formed his first band, the Liberation Music Orchestra...
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  • Crisis is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded at New York University in 1969 and released on the Impulse...
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  • American jazz drummer, best known known for his work with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Blackwell was born in New Orleans on October 10, 1929. His career...
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  • Ornette on Tenor is the eighth album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released in 1962 on Atlantic Records, his sixth and...
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  • The Shape of Jazz to Come (category Ornette Coleman albums)
    The Shape of Jazz to Come is the third album by the jazz musician Ornette Coleman. Released on Atlantic Records in 1959, it was his debut on the label...
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  • and improvisation developed by American jazz saxophonist-composer Ornette Coleman. His work following this philosophy during the late 1970s and 1980s...
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    with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Prime Time band. Tacuma showcased a unique style of avant-garde jazz on Coleman's 1982...
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  • Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (category Ornette Coleman albums)
    saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman. It was released through Atlantic Records in September 1961: the fourth of Coleman's six albums for the label...
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  • Change of the Century (category Ornette Coleman albums)
    Change of the Century is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. It was released through Atlantic Records in May 1960. It sold very well from...
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  • Virgin Beauty (category Ornette Coleman albums)
    Virgin Beauty is an album by Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released by Portrait Records in 1988. Three of the album's tracks feature...
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  • features Coltrane playing several compositions by Ornette Coleman accompanied by the members of Coleman's quartet: Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell...
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  • Something Else!!!! (category Ornette Coleman albums)
    Something Else!!!! (subtitled The Music of Ornette Coleman) is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. It was released by Contemporary Records...
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  • Thomas Pynchon. Sphere is an innovative saxophone player modeled on Ornette Coleman, though Sphere is also Thelonious Monk's middle name. V. contains a...
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  • creating something new. The term "free jazz" was drawn from the 1960 Ornette Coleman recording Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. Europeans tend to...
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  • formed by Ornette Coleman in 1975 featuring two electric guitarists, two drummers, and occasionally two electric bassists alongside Coleman's saxophone...
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    became fond of performing. One of his favorite musical artists was Ornette Coleman. During his first year of college, Moss-Bachrach took an acting class...
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    among others. In 1961, Garrison recorded with Ornette Coleman, appearing on Coleman's albums Ornette on Tenor and The Art of the Improvisers. He also...
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    American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he...
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  • bass), with the exception of "AOS", on which she is backed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet. In the United States, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band peaked at...
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