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Meltdown gets sax appeal

Jazz genius Ornette Coleman will curate this year's Meltdown Festival, and it's set to be even more eclectic than usual. Neil Spencer spoke to himThe annual musical binge that is Southbank's Meltdown Festival has taken on a decidedly chi-chi quality in recent years, with the likes of David Bowie, Patti Smith and Jarvis Cocker acting as both star headliners and savvy directors. This year the venue has selected a very different eminence as frontman and curator, American jazz legend Ornette Colema...

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Meltdown gets sax appeal

Guardian Music — Jazz genius Ornette Coleman will curate this year's Meltdown Festival, and it's set to be even more eclectic than usual. Neil Spencer spoke to himThe annual musical bing... more info
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