Ornette Coleman -

Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 — June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was a chief proponent of avant-garde free jazz, as heralded on his popular 1959 Atlantic release The Shape of Jazz to Come. On this and the 1960/61 albums Change of the Century and This Is Our Music, his quartet featured trumpeter Don Cherry and bassist Charlie Haden. He then led them in a double-quartet on 1961’s Free Jazz, also featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and clarinetist Eric Dolphy. Coleman enjoyed a second wave of popularity with the 1972 titles Science Fiction and Skies of America.

He was born Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Tex.

Discography:

Something Else! The Music of Ornette Coleman (1958)
The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
Tomorrow Is the Question: The New Music of Ornette Coleman (1959)
Change of the Century (1960)
This Is Our Music (1961 • The Ornette Coleman Quartet)
Free Jazz (1961 • The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet)
Ornette! (1962 • The Ornette Coleman Quartet)
Ornette on Tenor (1962)
Town Hall, 1962 (1965)
At the “Golden Circle” Stockholm, Volume One (1966 • The Ornette Coleman Trio)
At the “Golden Circle” Stockholm, Volume Two (1966 • The Ornette Coleman Trio)
Chappaqua Suite (1967)
The Empty Foxhole (1967)
New York Is Now! (1968)
The Art of the Improvisers (1970)
Love Call (1971)
Twins [archival] (1971)
Science Fiction (1972)
Skies of America (1972)
To Whom Who Keeps a Record [archival] (1975)
Dancing in Your Head (1977)
Body Meta (1978)
Soapsuds, Soapsuds (1979)
Who’s Crazy? 1 – La clé des champs 1 (1979)
Who’s Crazy? 2 – La clé des champs 2 (1979)
Broken Shadows [archival] (1982)
Of Human Feelings (1982)
Song X (1986 • Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman)
In All Languages (1987 • Ornette, The Original Quartet & Prime Time)
Virgin Beauty (1988 • Ornette Coleman and Prime Time)
Naked Lunch (OTS, 1992 • Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman & The London Philharmonic Orchestra)
Tone Dialing (1995 • Ornette Coleman & Prime Time)
Sound Museum – Hidden Man (1996)
Sound Museum – Three Women (1996)
For the Love of Ornette (2010 • Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Tony Kofi & Ornette Coleman)