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Ornette Coleman: the godfather of free jazz

3482 days ago
The TelegraphIvan Hewett pays tribute to the most intellectual of jazz musicians more info

Ornette Coleman, jazz innovator and disruptor, dies at 85

3482 days ago
L.A. Times - News more info

What Was New About Ornette Coleman’s Sound

3482 days ago
TimeWhat TIME wrote in 1960 about the innovative artist more info

Ornette Coleman, jazz musician, dies aged 85

3482 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

3482 days ago
TimeThe experimental musician was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for a recording more info

R.I.P. Ornette Coleman

3482 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

3482 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

3748 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

3792 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'

3816 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

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