Don't let Ornette Coleman's idle stance fool you. On the cover of The Shape Of Jazz To Come, the visionary alto saxophonist—who died at the age of 85 Thursday morning—relaxes his instrument against his right shoulder,
Ornette Coleman's varied and provocative recordings reflect many bands and changes of sound, from post-bebop to symphonic music to an original version of funk. Here is a brief selection of high points, a dozen tracks from his late-1950s beginnings to
The New York Times reports that the alto saxophone great and free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman died this morning in Manhattan after suffering from cardiac arrest. Coleman was 85, and we will not see his like again.
Ornette Coleman, a jazz legend, plays the saxophone at the Village Vanguard in New York, Jan. 9, 1965. Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died Thursday in New York at 85. SAM FALK, THE NEW YORK
Jazz legend Ornette Coleman has died at the age of 85. The saxophonist and composer, whose credited for popularizing the “free jazz” movement, passed away Thursday from cardiac arrest. Coleman remained a relevant