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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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Born Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
19 March 1930
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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11 June 2015 (aged 85)
New York City
Zodiac Pisces
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