Ornette Coleman is an American Jazz saxophonist, composer, and Free Jazz pioneer. In 2007, Coleman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music.
Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman is an pioneer of avant-garde jazz. In 1960, he released an album called Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation which gave birth to the Free Jazz genre. Free Jazz is disposes of traditional fixed chord changes and tempos. Instead, musicians play off of the the mood of the pieces theme.
Notable Recordings
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Fast Facts
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Name
Ornette Coleman
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Born
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Genre
Jazz, Free Jazz
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Origin
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Active
1958-Present
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Label
Atlantic Records, Verve Records
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Albums
52
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1969
Inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
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2007
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music
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2007
Suffered a stroke
