DVD/VIDEO: Shirley Clarke's Documentary "Ornette Made in America" Available as Video on Demand

ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA is the last film by the great American independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke. She portrays Ornette Coleman, one of the most influential and controversial musicians in jazz. Clarke uses performances of Coleman's "Skies of America", a composition for symphonic orchestra and jazz combo, as her point of departure. She kicks off in Coleman's birthplace with a performance by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, then zigzags back to Berkeley before moving on to Morocco and Italy.....

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