Ornette Coleman
Free jazz, Musical Artist
1930 –
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Who is Ornette Coleman?
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.
Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1930
Fort Worth - Also known as
- Coleman, Ornette
- Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
- The Prophet of Freedom
- Spouses
- Jayne Cortez
(1954 - 1964)
- Jayne Cortez
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Fort Worth
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on July 23, 2013
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