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Born: March 09, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Jazz

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One of the most important (and controversial) innovators of the jazz avant-garde, Ornette Coleman gained both loyal followers and lifelong detractors when he seemed to burst on the scene in 1959 fully formed. Although he, and Don Cherry in his original quartet, played opening and closing melodies together, their solos dispensed altogether with chor... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2009 Lenox Jazz School Concert August 29, 1959
2008 Live in Paris 1971
2006 Sound Grammar
1996 Sound Museum Three Women
1996 Hidden Man
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Filmography:
1999 Reed Royalty
1991 Naked Lunch
1985 Ornette Coleman: Ornette Made in America
1979 Saturday Night Live: Milton Berle
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Influenced By: Arnett Cobb Louis Jordan Thelonious Monk Charlie Parker Louis Armstrong More >> Followers: Andrew White Charlie Haden Archie Shepp Sirone Dewey Redman More >>

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