Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of free jazz, a term he invented for his album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His "Broadway Blues" has become a standard and has been cited as an important work in free jazz. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire
Ornette Coleman
Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! As you get your Sunday breakfast/brunch on, enjoy the sounds of Ornette Coleman's The Shape Of Jazz To Come. … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
Sunday Jazz Brunch Open Thread: RIP Ornette Coleman
Today' open thread is dedicated to a jazz great that we lost earlier this week, Ornette Coleman. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960's, a term he invented with the name of an album. Coleman's timbre was … [Read more...] about Sunday Jazz Brunch Open Thread: RIP Ornette Coleman