As the master of free jazz, Ornette Coleman's career spans more than five decades. Over that time, he has created a musical world of his own. He talks to Farai Chideya about his unique perspective on ...

The first time I saw Ornette Coleman live was in my hometown of Syracuse in the summer of 1986; the next month I moved West to begin my studies at CalArts with Charlie Haden and the other fine faculty ...

Coleman's first LPs from the late 1950s are newly available. They showcase Coleman's sound before he began making the records with his own bands that made him a controversial jazz star. This is FRESH ...

Jazz innovator Ornette Coleman died of a heart attack in New York yesterday. He was 85. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1930, Coleman started out playing rhythm and blues. His progressive approach made ...

During Ornette Coleman’s legendary 1959 run of shows at the Five Spot club in New York, there was a joke going around: “A waiter drops a trayload of drinks and a man says to his lady-friend, ‘Listen ...

A protégé of the saxophonist Ornette Coleman, he borrowed from and greatly influenced styles like funk, punk, jazz and the blues. By Clay Risen Listen to favorite songs by an adventurous musician who ...

Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who led the jazz avant-garde while also revolutionizing the music’s mainstream, died June 11 in Manhattan at age 85. The cause of death was cardiac ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Hajdu ORNETTE COLEMAN The Territory and the Adventure By Maria Golia The letter name for a ...

On June 11, the world lost one of modern music’s most revolutionary and controversial thinkers. Ornette Coleman’s entry into the recorded jazz world, 1958’s Something Else!!, ruffled many a feather.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ornette Coleman, Still the Shape of Jazz to Come Jazz's version of the famous—or infamous—1913 Armory show that introduced ...

Early on in his career, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, recorded an album entitled, The Shape of Jazz To Come. It might have seemed like an expression of youthful arrogance - Coleman was 29 at the ...

Ornette Coleman’s acoustic jazz presentation was functional simplicity — two basses and drum set creating a tapestry of sound that he’d play endless melodies upon. The ensemble which performed an ...