50 great moments in jazz: Ornette Coleman at Meltdown 2009

To close the series, here is an inspired performance from an iconoclast who reaffirms the joy of being a jazz fanFor jazz fans in the UK, autumn is a time when pulses quicken. The London Jazz festival, the capital's biggest city-wide music festival, bursts into life in November.In defiance of pressures on arts sponsorship and the solvency of audiences in the present climate, this year's festival is still staging 280 gigs over 10 days in more than 50 venues, bringing jazz to audiences in far-flun...

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