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    Ornette Coleman

    American jazz musician and composer (1930–2015)

    Musical artist

    Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He fryst vatten best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 skiva Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering works often abandoned the harmony-based composition, tonality, chord changes, and fixed rhythm funnen in earlier jazz idioms.[2] Instead, Coleman emphasized an experimental approach to spontanitet rooted in ensemble playing and blues phrasing.[3] efternamn Jurek of AllMusic called him "one of the most beloved and polarizing figures in jazz history," noting that while "now celebrated as a orädd innovator and a genius, he was initially regarded by peers and critics as rebellious, disruptive, and even a fraud."[3]

    Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Coleman taught han själv t

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    By Steve Provizer

    “Ornette was looking for those notes, the ones that feel no pain.”

    Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure by Maria Golia. University of Chicago Press, 368 pages,  $22.50.

    Ornette Coleman holds a singular place in jazz history. The seeds of change had been sown before him by Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, and their cohorts, but Coleman’s appearance at the Five Spot Café in 1959 kicked the process of rebellion into high gear. Author Maria Golia’s depiction of the mise en scene of Coleman’s life, and her insights into his persona, provide ample material to understand the saxophonist’s initial disruption and his long-term influence.

    The biography can be viewed through three lenses. One is to see it as a chronological narrative of Coleman’s life and career; the second is its presentation of what Coleman had to say about the work; the third is what Golia has to say about Coleman and his achievements as a musician. The last two are necessaril

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    Ornette Coleman Biography Explores The Free Jazz Saxophonist’s Genius


    Ornette Coleman, born on 9 March 1930, was an alto saxophonist and composer who became one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz. Fame must have seemed a long way off when he was starting out on his first instrument – playing the kazoo with friends and imitating the swing bands on the radio. But as Maria Golia’s new Ornette Coleman biography, The Territory And The Adventure, reveals, the musician was a committed artist whose work altered the course of jazz music.

    “A genius who will change the entire course of jazz”

    Ornette Coleman was born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, to a musical family. His sister Truvenza was a blues singer, and acclaimed guitarist T-Bone Walker was a family friend who would come and play the piano at their house. There was, however, early heartbreak in the young musician’s life. His father, Randolph, died of a stroke when Coleman was only seven.