Ornette Coleman, as,.Don Cherry tp, Charlie Haden b, Billy Higgins dr COMPOSER: Coleman YEAR: 1959 (a new reprint) LABEL: Atlantic SD 1327 TIME: 40'55 PRODUCER: Nesuhi Ertegün PHOTO: Lee Friedlander COUNTRY: US GENRE: free jazz Recorded 8 October & 9 October 1959 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California. From the classic Atlantic period late 50's. the same as Shape Of Jazz to Come. Read more on Last.fm.
Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the founders and major innovators of the 1960s free jazz movement and one of the most notable figures in jazz history.
Coleman was born in 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas where he participated in his high school band until being dismissed for improvising during "The Washington Post" march. He began performing rhythm and blues and bebop, initially on tenor saxophone. Read more on Last.fm
