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Ornette Coleman
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Ornette Coleman grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, and played rhythm and blues before moving to Los Angeles. Charlie Parker was his starting point, but he wanted to improvise free of fixed chord changes. Many musicians found his playing out of tune. In 1959 he recorded The Shape of Jazz to Come, with Lonely Woman; in November his quartet began at the Five Spot in New York, which divided the jazz world. His album Free Jazz (1960) gave the movement its name. Coleman called his idea harmolodics: harmony, motion and melody are of equal standing. Later he played electric music with Prime Time and in 2007 he won the Pulitzer Prize.
Listening
Lonely Woman · Ornette Coleman, 1959
Ramblin' · Ornette Coleman, 1959
Theme from a Symphony · Ornette Coleman, 1975
Peace · Ornette Coleman, 1959
Discography
Studio albums
- 1958Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
- 1959The Shape of Jazz to Come
- 1959Tomorrow Is the Question! The New Music of Ornette Coleman!
- 1960Change of the Century
- 1962Ornette on Tenor
- 1966Chappaqua Suite
- 1966The Empty Foxhole
- 1968New York Is Now!
- 1970The Art of the Improvisers
- 1971Love Call
- 1971Twins
- 1972Science Fiction
- 1972Skies of America
- 1975To Whom Who Keeps a Record
- 1977Dancing in Your Head
- 1978Body Meta
- 1979Soapsuds, Soapsuds
- 1979Who’s Crazy? 1 – La Clef des champs 1 (soundtrack)
- 1979Who’s Crazy? 2 – La Clef des champs 2 (soundtrack)
- 1982Broken Shadows
- 1982Of Human Feelings
- 1986Song X
- 1987In All Languages
- 1988Virgin Beauty
- 1992Naked Lunch (soundtrack)
- 1995Tone Dialing
- 1996Sound Museum: Hidden Man
- 1996Sound Museum: Three Women
- 2001Ornette for Ever
- 2010For the Love of Ornette
Other work
- 1960Free Jazz
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Free jazz Genre
The name comes from the album Free Jazz (1961) by Ornette Coleman, a Texan who came to New York from Los Angeles in late 1959 with a quartet without a piano.