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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eschaton on June 11, 2015, 10:09:38 AM

Title: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: Eschaton on June 11, 2015, 10:09:38 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/music/ornette-coleman-jazz-saxophonist-dies-at-85-obituary.html?_r=0

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The alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was 85.

The cause was cardiac arrest, a representative of the family said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNbD1JIH344

Title: Re: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 11, 2015, 10:13:00 AM

RIP. Quite a legend, and one of the most influential men in jazz.

Title: Re: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: sarslip on June 11, 2015, 11:05:12 AM

RIP  :usacry

we still got Pharoah Saunders and Sonny Rollins

Title: Re: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 11, 2015, 11:49:48 AM

Of Human Feelings is a great album. Dope jazz funk.

Title: Re: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: naff on June 11, 2015, 05:28:03 PM

Damn. Saw him play a 7 years ago, dude was still amazing at 78.

Title: Re: RIP Ornette Coleman
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 12, 2015, 12:54:26 AM

I lost my copy of that cd wtf is wrong with me


anyway he was one of my all time favorites along with mingus