RIP Ornette Coleman - Innovator and Agent of Change video free download

greg sco

Iam saddened by the passing of Ornette Coleman, who was a great innovator in jazz. But we should celebrate his contribution to music rather than mourn his passing.

Ali Bey

RIP. Aba, you will forever be remembered

studmufn28

Love you Ornette. Fearless soul. Thank you for existing

ArsenalAgent

"We should feel blessed that Ornette Coleman has been in this world"...this was my response. Thinking about the man and his music, I just couldn't feel too sad. I remember coming accross his music about five or six years age (I think I was a senior in highscool) and that feeling of "getting" what he was doing and how mind- and world-expanding the effect was. And whenever I listen back over stuff I've heard there's always something new to hear.

Agnes Jazz Fan

*Ornette Coleman**Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, having also invented the term "free jazz" by naming his album so. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music.*

JazzBopper

I am forever grateful to Mr. Ornette Coleman because he opened my mind, eyes and ears to not only music but to all things in life. When I first heard him back in the early 60's, I quickly dismissed what I heard as noise and thought he was a delusional wannabe jazz musician making god awful noises with his toy like plastic alto sax. But for some mysterious reason, I kept finding myself being drawn back and wanting to hear more. As hard as I consciously tried, I could not shake Ornette Coleman from my inner soul. I fought it and fought it, but like the Cole Porter song, it got under my skin and has stayed there forever. RIP Mr. Coleman and thank you.

Adam Woolf

you said it pal - we are graced with his presence - his courage and vision was amazing

acajudi100

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Larry Lenau

I'm sad now.

runawayuniverse

Terrible news .. respect to Ornette