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Ornette Coleman, jazz musician, dies aged 85

3242 days ago
The TelegraphThe alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, a controversial jazz innovator, dies in New York more info

Jazz Icon Ornette Coleman Dies At 85

3242 days ago
TimeThe experimental musician was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for a recording more info

R.I.P. Ornette Coleman

3242 days ago
StereogumThe New York Times reports that the alto saxophone great and free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman died this morning in Manhattan after suffering from cardiac arrest. Coleman was 85, and we will not see his like again. Coleman came from Fort Worth, Texas... more info

Ornette Coleman, RIP

3242 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was 85. The cause was cardiac arrest, a representative of the family said.... more info

The Complete Q&A: Charles Lloyd speaks, dreams

3507 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaHere's the full transcript of our conversation with master saxophonist Charles Lloyd. The 'Showcase Artist' at this year's Monterey Jazz Festival, he spoke with us for 90 minutes about his remarkable 60 years in music -- growing up in Memphis, retrea... more info

Thurston Moore forms band w/ Steve Shelley & MBV's Deb Googe, releasing an LP, touring, reading at BK Book Fest

3551 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThurston Moore at Ornette Coleman tribute in June (more by Greg Cristman) After releasing an album with his post-Sonic Youth band Chelsea Light Moving, Thurston Moore revealed plans for a new solo album coming out on Matador. Sonic Youth's site... more info

Celebrating Charlie Haden via his version of 'Wayfaring Stranger'

3576 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentIn the later years of Charlie Haden's lauded professional life, long after he'd helped reconfigure jazz as part of Ornette Coleman's group, the bassist, composer, longtime Angeleno and patriarch of one of the city's most accomplished musical families... more info

Skilled Jazz Bassist Charlie Haden Dies at 76

3576 days ago
Time(NEW YORK) — Bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz a half-century ago as a member of the groundbreaking Ornette Coleman Quartet, has died. He was 76. Haden, who had in recent years suffered from post-polio syndrome, died Friday... more info

Ornette Coleman celebrated at Prospect Park w/ Patti Smith, Flea, Thurston Moore, Ornette himself & more (pics, setlist)

3602 days ago
Brooklyn Veganphotos by Greg Cristman Ornette Coleman / Laurie Anderson / Flea The 2014 Celebrate Brooklyn! season continued with another free show in Prospect Park this past Thursday (6/12), a tribute to pioneering free jazz great Ornette Coleman (also part of... more info

Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park lineup additions (Laurie Anderson, Secret Sisters, Mark Stewart, more)

3620 days ago
Brooklyn VeganLaurie Anderson at The Stone in 2011 (more by David Andrako) The Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014 lineup was announced not long ago, and since then there's been a few updates. The Ornette Coleman tribute on June 12 now features Laurie Anderson... more info

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