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Ornette Coleman (09 Mar 1930 - 11 Jun 2015)

Male Person - United States US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (70)

Official

Album

  1. Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman 1958
  2. The Shape of Jazz to Come Oct 1959
  3. Tomorrow Is the Question! The New Music of Ornette Coleman! 1959
  4. Change of the Century Jun 1960
  5. Free Jazz Sep 1961 (as The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet)
  6. Ornette on Tenor Oct 1962
  7. The Empty Foxhole 1966
  8. Chappaqua Suite 1966
  9. New York Is Now! 1968
  10. The Art of the Improvisers 02 Nov 1970
  11. Twins 04 Oct 1971
  12. Love Call 1971
  13. Science Fiction 1972
  14. Skies of America 1972
  15. To Whom Who Keeps a Record 1975
  16. Dancing in Your Head 1977
  17. Body Meta 1978
  18. Soapsuds, Soapsuds 1979
  19. Broken Shadows 1982
  20. Of Human Feelings 1982
  21. In All Languages Feb 1987
  22. Sound Museum: Hidden Man 1996
  23. Sound Museum: Three Women 1996
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Album - Live

  1. The Music of Ornette Coleman 1967 Forms & Sounds
  2. An Evening With Ornette Coleman 1967 The Great London Concert, In Europe, Croydon Concert
  3. Ornette at 12 1969
  4. Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street 1970
  5. Crisis 1972
  6. Paris Concert 1977
  7. Prime Design / Time Design 1986
  8. Town Hall 1962 1990
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Ornette Coleman 1970
  2. Ornette Coleman 1981
  3. Beauty Is a Rare Thing 16 Nov 1993
  4. Free Jazz 1996
  5. The Best of Ornette Coleman 10 Mar 1998
  6. The Complete Science Fiction Sessions 02 May 2000
  7. Ken Burns Jazz 07 Nov 2000
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Who’s Crazy? 1 – La Clef des champs 1 1979
  2. Who’s Crazy? 2 – La Clef des champs 2 1979
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Album - Compilation / Soundtrack

  1. Who’s Crazy? 1982
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Bootleg

Album

  1. The Paris Concert ’65 1991 (as The Ornette Coleman Trio)
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Album - Live

  1. The Unprecedented Music of Ornette Coleman 25 Jun 1977 ???
  2. Broken Shadows 1990 Live
  3. The Belgrade Concert 1995 (as The Ornette Coleman Quartet)
  4. Love Revolution: Complete 1968 Italian Tour 2005
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Other

  1. Live at the Tivoli ’65 1992 (as Ornette Coleman Trio)
  2. European Concert (as Ornette Coleman Quartet)
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Other - Live

  1. Quartet 1971
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Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. The Ornette Coleman Trio original, eponymous, alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  2. Ornette Coleman Quintet original, eponymous, alto saxophone
  3. The Ornette Coleman Quartet original, eponymous
  4. The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet eponymous

Married

  1. Jayne Cortez (1954 - 1964)

Children

  1. Denardo Coleman

Recordings by (376)

  1. Invisible 4:17 (1958)
  2. The Blessing 4:48 (1958)
  3. Jayne 7:22 (1958)
  4. Chippie 5:41 (1958)
  5. The Disguise 2:51 (1958)
  6. Angel Voice 4:24 (1958)
  7. Alpha 4:15 (1958)
  8. When Will the Blues Leave? 5:02 (1958)
  9. The Sphinx 4:15 (1958)
  10. Lonely Woman 5:00 (Oct 1959) stereo
  11. Eventually 4:22 (Oct 1959) stereo
  12. Peace 9:04 (Oct 1959) stereo
  13. Focus on Sanity 6:52 (Oct 1959) stereo
  14. Congeniality 6:47 (Oct 1959) stereo
  15. Chronology 6:05 (Oct 1959) stereo
  16. Tomorrow Is the Question! 3:12 (1959)
  17. Tears Inside 5:04 (1959)
  18. Mind and Time 3:11 (1959)
  19. Compassion 4:39 (1959)
  20. Giggin’ 3:22 (1959)
  21. Rejoicing 4:03 (1959)
  22. Lorraine 5:59 (1959)
  23. Turnaround 7:58 (1959)
  24. Endless 5:17 (1959)
  25. Ramblin’ 6:36 (Jun 1960)
  26. Free 6:22 (Jun 1960)
  27. The Face of the Bass 6:57 (Jun 1960) stereo
  28. Forerunner 5:15 (Jun 1960) stereo
  29. Bird Food 5:30 (Jun 1960) stereo
  30. Una Muy Bonita 6:00 (Jun 1960) stereo
  31. Change of the Century 4:41 (Jun 1960) stereo
  32. Abstraction 4:08 (1960)
  33. Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III / Variant IV 15:22 (1960)
  34. Free Jazz, Part 1 19:35 (Sep 1961) stereo
  35. Free Jazz, Part 2 17:30 (Sep 1961) stereo
  36. Cross Breeding 11:21 (Oct 1962) mono
  37. Mapa 9:08 (Oct 1962) mono
  38. Enfant 6:29 (Oct 1962) mono
  39. Eos 6:38 (Oct 1962) mono
  40. Ecars 7:34 (Oct 1962) mono
  41. Free Jazz - Part 1 19:55 (1962) mono
  42. Free Jazz - Part 2 16:28 (1962) mono
  43. Faces and Places ?:?? (1965)
  44. European Echoes ?:?? (1965)
  45. Dee Dee ?:?? (1965)
  46. Dawn ?:?? (1965)
  47. Part I 21:25 (1966)
  48. Part II 19:00 (1966)
  49. Part IV 21:58 (1966)
  50. Good Old Days 6:49 (1966)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. When Will the Blues Leave? 5:02 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  2. The Blessing 4:48 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  3. The Disguise 2:51 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  4. The Sphinx 4:15 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  5. Alpha 4:15 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  6. Invisible 4:17 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  7. Chippie 5:41 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  8. Angel Voice 4:24 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  9. Jayne 7:22 Ornette Coleman (1958) alto saxophone
  10. Congeniality 6:47 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  11. Peace 9:04 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  12. Eventually 4:22 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  13. Lonely Woman 5:00 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  14. Focus on Sanity 6:52 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  15. Chronology 6:05 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1959) alto saxophone
  16. Rejoicing 4:03 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  17. Compassion 4:39 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  18. Turnaround 7:58 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  19. Lorraine 5:59 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  20. Endless 5:17 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  21. Tomorrow Is the Question! 3:12 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  22. Giggin’ 3:22 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  23. Mind and Time 3:11 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  24. Tears Inside 5:04 Ornette Coleman (1959) saxophone
  25. Una muy bonita 6:00 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  26. Change of the Century 4:41 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  27. The Face of the Bass 6:57 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  28. Ramblin’ 6:36 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  29. Free 6:22 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  30. Bird Food 5:30 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  31. Forerunner 5:15 Ornette Coleman (Jun 1960) alto saxophone
  32. Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III / Variant IV 15:22 Ornette Coleman (1960) alto saxophone
  33. Abstraction 4:08 Ornette Coleman (1960) alto saxophone
  34. Beauty Is a Rare Thing 7:13 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  35. Embraceable You 4:54 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  36. Humpty Dumpty 5:23 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  37. Blues Connotation 5:17 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  38. Poise 4:40 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  39. Kaleidoscope 6:36 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  40. Folk Tale 4:45 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1961) alto saxophone
  41. Free Jazz, Part 1 19:35 Ornette Coleman (Sep 1961) alto saxophone
  42. Free Jazz, Part 2 17:30 Ornette Coleman (Sep 1961) alto saxophone
  43. W.R.U. 16:26 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1962) alto saxophone
  44. R.P.D.D. 9:39 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1962) alto saxophone
  45. T. & T. 4:38 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1962) alto saxophone
  46. C. & D. 13:11 The Ornette Coleman Quartet (Feb 1962) alto saxophone
  47. Enfant 6:29 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1962) tenor saxophone
  48. Mapa 9:08 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1962) tenor saxophone
  49. Cross Breeding 11:21 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1962) tenor saxophone
  50. Eos 6:38 Ornette Coleman (Oct 1962) tenor saxophone

Credited as (45)

  1. Ornette Coleman
  2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler / Ornette Coleman
  3. Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman
  4. Ornette Coleman / Bill Laswell
  5. Geri Allen & Ornette Coleman
  6. Don Cherry feat. Ornette Coleman & Steve Lacy
  7. Ornette Coleman & Bachir Attar
  8. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time
  9. Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman
  10. Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Arnold Schönberg, Ornette Coleman; Jennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida
  11. Bruce Hornsby & Ornette Coleman
  12. Ornette Coleman, Savion Glover, Henry Threadgill & David Murray
  13. Ornette Coleman, Savion Glover, Henry Threadgill, David Murray, Denardo Coleman, Charlie Ellerbee, Al MacDowell, Tony Falanga & Antoine Roney
  14. Ornette + Joachim Kühn
  15. Ornette Coleman, Joachim Kühn
  16. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time feat. Jerry Garcia
  17. Ornette Coleman & Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
  18. Ornette & Prime Time
  19. Ornette Coleman | Don Cherry | Jimmy Giuffre | Kenny Dorham
  20. Pat Metheny / Ornette Coleman
  21. The Ornette Coleman Quartet
  22. The Ornette Coleman Trio
  23. The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
  24. Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
  25. Ornette Coleman Trio
  26. Ornette Coleman Quintet
  27. Ornette Coleman Quartet
  28. Bill Laswell / Ornette Coleman / Julian Schnabel
  29. Ornette Coleman, The London Symphony Orchestra
  30. The Paul Bley Quintet with Ornette Coleman
  31. Ornette Coleman “Prime Time”
  32. Ornette Coleman, Bill Laswell
  33. Lou Reed feat. Ornette Coleman
  34. Lou Reed, Ornette Coleman
  35. Julian Schnabel & Ornette Coleman
  36. Ornette Coleman & Don Cherry
  37. Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Tony Kofi, Ornette Coleman
  38. Ornette Coleman / PUBLIQuartet
  39. Ornette Coleman;The London Symphony Orchestra, David Measham
  40. Paul Bley . Ornette Coleman . Don Cherry . Charlie Haden . Billy Higgins
  41. Don Cherry feat. Ornette Coleman
  42. Ornette Coleman arr. Raphaël Imbert
  43. Yochk’o Seffer, Didier Levallet, Tony Marsh, Debora Seffer & Ornette Coleman
  44. Ornette Coleman / London Symphony Orchestra
  45. Charlie Haden & Ornette Coleman

Works (239)

Arranged

  1. Faxing
  2. House of Stained Glass
  3. Refills
  4. Story Writing
  5. Three Ways to One
  6. Passion Cultures
  7. Night Plans
  8. Cyber Cyber
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Composed

  1. Skies of America
  2. Allotropes, Elements Different Forms or Same
  3. Humpty Dumpty
  4. Beauty Is a Rare Thing
  5. Lonely Woman
  6. The Empty Foxhole
  7. The Empty Foxhole
  8. Dawn
  9. Chappaqua: Part III
  10. Chappaqua: Part IV
  11. Chappaqua
  12. Hauser and O’Brien / Bugpowder
  13. Intersong
  14. Ballad / Joan
  15. Cloquet’s Parrots / Midnight Sunrise
  16. Writeman
  17. Tomorrow is the Question!
  18. Cross Breeding
  19. Sleep Talk
  20. W.R.U.
  21. T. & T.
  22. C. & D.
  23. R.P.D.D.
  24. Emotions
  25. Handwoven
  26. Lonely Woman
  27. The Alchemy of Scott La Faro
  28. Moon Inhabitants
  29. The Legend of Bebop
  30. Harlem’s Manhattan
  31. Check Out Time
  32. The Garden of Souls
  33. Toy Dance
  34. We Now Interrupt for a Commercial
  35. Eventually
  36. Peace
  37. Focus on Sanity
  38. Congeniality
  39. Chronology
  40. Tears Inside
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Lyrics

  1. What Reason Could I Give
  2. A Girl Named Rainbow
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Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. Cisco Systems Bluesfest 2009, Day 4
  2. Jazz Middelheim 2012, day 1 time

Links (31)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.ornettecoleman.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.themoviedb.org/person/998600-ornette-coleman
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83071536
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rz0q2w
  4. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/ornette-coleman/
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935032488
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ornette_coleman
  7. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892628b
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-941985
  9. https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/ornette-coleman
  10. https://www.whosampled.com/Ornette-Coleman/
  11. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118890964

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Ornette-coleman

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Ornette+Coleman

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/385737

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/ornette-coleman-53d6b33d.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/224506

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000484396

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171170/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/79166373

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208797

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4566

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/47odibUtrN3lnWx0p0pk2P
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/6531

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id461909
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/461909

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/823
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/461909

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/169c0d1b-fcb8-4a43-9097-829aa7b39205

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ornette/

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/officialornettecoleman