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Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 90 episodes and was first played on 12 October 2014.

Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the founders and major innovators of the 1960s free jazz movement and one of the most notable figures in jazz history.

Coleman was born in 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas where he participated in his high school band until being dismissed for improvising during "The Washington Post" march. He began performing rhythm and blues and bebop, initially on tenor saxophone. He later…

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Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman
Atlantic1959
Lonely Woman
Ornette ColemanAtlantic1959
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What Reason Could I Give
Ornette Coleman
Columbia1972
What Reason Could I Give
Ornette ColemanColumbia1972
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All My Life
Ornette Coleman
Columbia1972
All My Life
Ornette ColemanColumbia1972
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Sadness
Ornette Coleman
ESP Disk1965
Sadness
Ornette ColemanESP Disk1965
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Law Years
Ornette Coleman
Columbia1972
Law Years
Ornette ColemanColumbia1972
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Sunday In America
Ornette Coleman, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Measham
Columbia1972
Sunday In America
Ornette Coleman, The London Symphony Orchestra, David MeashamColumbia1972
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Peace
Ornette Coleman
Atlantic1959
Peace
Ornette ColemanAtlantic1959
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Science Fiction
Ornette Coleman
Columbia1972
Science Fiction
Ornette ColemanColumbia1972
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Theme From A Symphony (Variation 2)
Ornette Coleman
Columbia, Legacy2000
Theme From A Symphony (Variation 2)
Ornette ColemanColumbia, Legacy2000
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Friends And Neighbors—Vocal
Ornette Coleman
Flying Dutchman1970
Friends And Neighbors—Vocal
Ornette ColemanFlying Dutchman1970
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