Ornette Coleman
(1930-2015)
American jazz musician and composer
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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering performances often abandoned the chordal and harmony-based structure found in bebop, instead emphasizing a jarring and avant-garde approach to improvisation.
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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman 19 March 1930 Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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11 June 2015 (aged 85) New York City
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