Ornette Coleman
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Fort Worth TX, United States (1930 – present)
Coleman was born on 9th March 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas, where he began performing rhythm and blues and bebop, initially on tenor saxophone. He later switched to alto, which has remained his primary instrument. Coleman’s timbre is perhaps one of the most easily recognised in jazz; his keening, crying sound draws heavily on the blues. Part of the uniqueness of his sound came from his use of a plastic saxophone on his classic early recordings (Coleman claimed that it sounded drier, without the pinging sound of metal), though in more recent years he has played a metal saxophone.
Coleman is most famous for his albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), Free Jazz (1961), and Skies Of America (1972). In The Shape of Jazz to Come, he and his famous quartet, consisting of Don Cherry on trumpet, Charlie Haden on upright bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, play solos free of a chordal structure, due in part to the absence of the pianist or guitarist that had been traditional in jazz. On Free Jazz, Coleman brings together his quartet from the previous album, together with multi-instrumental reedist Eric Dolphy, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Ed Blackwell for a forty-minute double-quartet recording.
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The Essential Ornette Coleman
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Best Jazz Players (Remastered)
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The Shape of Jazz to Come
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Tomorrow Is The Question!
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Camalotus
alto paty
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PlzDontBan
What really impresses me about Ornette is that he is the one free jazz artist whose music isn't a dissonant mess. It's a very impressive collection of music every time i hear his groups playing.
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jazzthieve
Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop
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fluoxetine20mg
science fiction
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MuzykoLubna
Free jazz, free jazz rocks....yey
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Naneykins
the best thing about Shape is every time you hear that "whoo" in the background [2]
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Kristman
the best thing about Shape is every time you hear that "whoo" in the background
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ceepeedee
good thing it's free jazz cuz i sure as shit wouldn't pay for it!
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y8j
Ornette on Tenor is just incredible.
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mk741
That doorguy should also listen to Free Jazz.
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Domin_vlc
http://www.facebook.com/WaltzMeBlues http://waltzmeblues.tumblr.com/
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winter94
Skies of America works exceptionally well as a piece of modern classical music. I'll still stand by my claim, and add Dancing In Your Head to the list of recommended Coleman releases.
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megajosh2
Can't go wrong with The Shape of Jazz to Come. Although by now I can only assume that guy listened to one of the albums.
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A_Silver_Voice
THIS IS OVR MVSICK [2]
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satanicazrael
Ornette! sounds better and better everytime i listen. fuckin A
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satanicazrael
SHAPE OV JAZZ [2] Skies of America are you crazy?
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Just to confuse thenearestdoor even more, I'll recommend 'Change of the Century' and 'This Is Our Music'
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winter94
to that guy: Skies of America and Science Fiction
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sunheadbowed
SHAPE OV JAZZ v
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thenearestdoor
it's funny, i was talking with someone about this guy, but it came to me.. I'm not to familiar with his music :./ can someone point to the right direction of which album to start with?
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