The Art of the Improvisers is a studio album by Ornette Coleman, released in 1970. It includes outtakes recorded between 1959 and 1961 during the recording sessions of The Shape of Jazz to Come, Change of the Century, This Is Our Music, Ornette! and Ornette on Tenor. 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
