Ornette Coleman
In the late 1950s, saxophonist Ornette Coleman threw out the rule book (and the piano) and blew apart all received notions of jazz, most notably with his quartet featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. Coleman's seemingly alien brand of "free" music was revolting to some and a revelation to others; either way, it established him as a founding father of the avant garde that ignited much of the 1960s jazz scene. Since the '70s, Coleman has concentrated largely on his band Prime Time, a fertile laboratory for his ongoing project of musical evolution.
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Albums
- (2008) The Best Of Ornette Coleman: The Blue Note Years
- (2007) To Whom Keeps A Record
- (2006) The Music Of Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!
- (2006) Tomorrow Is The Question!
- (2005) Beauty Is A Rare Thing- The Complete Atlantic Recordings
- (2005) Ornette!
- (2005) Free Jazz
- (2005) The Shape Of Jazz To Come
- (2005) Change Of The Century
- (2005) Twins
- (2005) This Is Our Music
- (2003) Naked Lunch
- (2000) Dancing In Your Head
- (1990) Love Call
- (1990) New York Is Now
- (1988) Virgin Beauty
- (1978) In All Languages
- (1972) Skies Of America
- (1972) Ken Burns Jazz-Ornette Coleman
- (1971) The Complete Science Fiction Sessions
- (1965) At The Golden Circle, Stockholm Vol. 1
Top Tracks
- Lonely Woman
- Healing the Feeling
- Listen Up
- Peace
- Beauty Is A Rare Thing
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