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Ornette!

Ornette Coleman

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High Drama

Perusing through Ornette's ouvre is akin to experiencing a grand retrospective exhibition at MOMA. Each subtle replacement of a sideman brings out nuances and dimensions to Ornette's framework, offering exciting new ideas and possibilities. You feel it and hear it right here with Scott Lafaro artfully slicing through like a fine prosciutto knife through Imberico ham.

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Biography

Born: March 9, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

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 chordal improvisation and harmony, instead playing quite freely off of the mood of the theme. Coleman's tone (which purposely wavered in pitch) rattled some...
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