Ornette Coleman

    Known For

    Sound

    Birthday

    March 9, 1930

    Day of Death

    June 11, 2015 (85 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Fort Worth, Texas, USA

    Ornette Coleman

    Biography

    Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    Known For

    • Naked Lunch

      Naked Lunch

      1991

    • Detective

      Detective

      1985

    • Ornette: Made in America

      Ornette: Made in America

      1986

    • Who's Crazy?

      Who's Crazy?

      1965

    • Catalog

      Catalog

      1961

    • All Magic Sands/Chappaqua

      All Magic Sands/Chappaqua

      2013

    • The Sparrow and the Tigress

      The Sparrow and the Tigress

      2010

    • Repression

      Repression

      1969

    • Population Explosion

      Population Explosion

      1968