Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer, widely recognized as one of the principal innovators of the free jazz movement. Born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, Coleman's career spanned several decades from the 1950s until his passing in 2015. He was known for his distinctive playing style and his development of a theory he called "Harmolodics," which emphas
... MeerOrnette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer, widely recognized as one of the principal innovators of the free jazz movement. Born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, Coleman's career spanned several decades from the 1950s until his passing in 2015. He was known for his distinctive playing style and his development of a theory he called "Harmolodics," which emphasized melody (harmo-) over traditional harmony (-lodic), allowing for greater improvisational freedom.
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