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Ornette Coleman
as, 1930-2015 US, Fort Worth, Texas
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA - died June 11, 2015 in New York City, New York, USA) was an American Jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. His album "Free Jazz" gave its name to a whole Jazz sub-genre. He was married to Jayne Cortez from 1954-64. Their son Denardo Coleman is a jazz drummer, and has recorded with each of his parents, beginning at the age of 10 on "The Empty Foxhole".
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Popular Tracks 
Lonely Woman on The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman Peace on The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman When Will The Blues Leave? on Something Else!!!!: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by Ornette Coleman Tomorrow Is The Question! - Instrumental on Tomorrow Is The Question! by Ornette Coleman Eventually on The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman Broad Way Blues on New York Is Now! by Ornette Coleman Congeniality on The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman Focus on Sanity on The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman The Blessing on Something Else!!!!: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by Ornette Coleman Broken Shadows on The Complete Science Fiction Sessions by Ornette ColemanTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlantic Years | Ornette Coleman | 2018 | Compil. |
| The Essential Recordings | Ornette Coleman | 2017 | Compil. |
| Ornette At 12 / Crisis | Ornette Coleman | 2017 | Compil. |
| The Complete Albums Collection 1958-1962 | Ornette Coleman | 2016 | Compil. |
| Celebrate Ornette | Ornette Coleman | 2016 | Album |
| Montreux Jazz Festival | Ornette Coleman | 2015 | Album |
| Free Jazz Ornette! (Two Original Albums) | Ornette Coleman | 2015 | Compil. |
| Change Of The Century The Complete Session | Ornette Coleman | 2014 | Compil. |
| Jazz Heroes 10 | Ornette Coleman, The Sun Ra Arkestra | 2014 | Compil. |
| Four Classic Albums | Ornette Coleman | 2013 | Compil. |
| The Music Of Ornette Coleman & Skies Of America | Ornette Coleman | 2012 | Compil. |
| Six Classic Albums | Ornette Coleman | 2012 | Compil. |
| Original Album Series | Ornette Coleman | 2011 | Album |
| The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 2010 | Compil. |
| 3 Originals (The Shape Of Jazz To Come / Something Else, The Music Of... / Tomorrow Is The Question) | Ornette Coleman | 2010 | Compil. |
| Too Much, Too Soon! | Ornette Coleman | 2010 | Compil. |
| Three Classic Albums | Ornette Coleman | 2010 | Compil. |
| Coleção Folha Clássicos Do Jazz 13 | Ornette Coleman | 2007 | Compil. |
| The Paris Concerts 1965-1966 | Ornette Coleman | 2007 | Album |
| Sound Grammar | Ornette Coleman | 2006 | Album |
| Introducing Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 2006 | Compil. |
| Ken Burns Jazz | Ornette Coleman | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Complete Science Fiction Sessions | Ornette Coleman | 2000 | Compil. |
| Harlem's Manhattan | Ornette Coleman | 1999 | Compil. |
| A Meeting Of The Times / Ornette! | Al Hibbler, Roland Kirk, Ornette Coleman | 1999 | Compil. |
| Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz) | Ornette Coleman | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 1997 | Compil. |
| Ornette Coleman & Don Cherry (New York) | Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry | 1997 | Compil. |
| Colors: Live From Leipzig | Ornette Coleman + Joachim Kühn | 1997 | Album |
| Don Cherry | Don Cherry featuring Ornette Coleman & Steve Lacy | 1996 | Compil. |
| Free | Ornette Coleman | 1996 | Compil. |
| Free Jazz 1960 | Ornette Coleman | 1996 | Compil. |
| Sound Museum - Hidden Man | Ornette Coleman | 1996 | Album |
| Sound Museum - Three Women | Ornette Coleman | 1996 | Album |
| Selections From 3 Women / Selections From Hidden Man | Ornette Coleman | 1996 | Album |
| Tone Dialing | Ornette Coleman & Prime Time | 1995 | Album |
| Apôtre De La Liberté | Ornette Coleman | 1995 | Compil. |
| Beauty Is A Rare Thing (The Complete Atlantic Recordings) | Ornette Coleman | 1993 | Compil. |
| Naked Lunch | Howard Shore / Ornette Coleman / The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
| Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 1991 | Compil. |
| Ornette | Ornette Coleman | 1991 | Compil. |
| Broken Shadows | Ornette Coleman | 1990 | Album |
| Jazzbühne Berlin '88 | Ornette Coleman, Prime Time | 1990 | Album |
| Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 1989 | Compil. |
| David, Moffett, & Ornette "The Ornette Coleman Trio" 1966 | Ornette Coleman | 1988 | Single |
| Virgin Beauty: Special Selected Cuts Featuring Jerry Garcia | Ornette Coleman And Prime Time | 1988 | Album |
| Virgin Beauty | Ornette Coleman And Prime Time | 1988 | Album |
| In All Languages | Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Quartet & Prime Time | 1987 | Album |
| "Kathelin Gray" / "Mob Job" | Pat Metheny / Ornette Coleman | 1986 | Single |
| Contemporary Currents | Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea | 1986 | Compil. |
| Prime Design / Time Design | Ornette Coleman | 1986 | Album |
| Song X | Pat Metheny / Ornette Coleman | 1986 | Album |
| Opening The Caravan Of Dreams | Ornette Coleman and Prime Time | 1985 | Album |
| Who's Crazy? | Ornette Coleman | 1983 | Compil. |
| Stating The Case | Ornette Coleman | 1983 | Album |
| Broken Shadows | Ornette Coleman | 1982 | Album |
| Of Human Feelings | Ornette Coleman | 1982 | Album |
| Who's Crazy 2 - La Clef Des Champs 2 | Ornette Coleman | 1979 | Album |
| The Great Years 1959-1961 | Ornette Coleman | 1979 | Compil. |
| Soapsuds, Soapsuds | Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden | 1979 | Album |
| Who's Crazy 1 - La Clef Des Champs 1 | Ornette Coleman | 1979 | Album |
| Body Meta | Ornette Coleman | 1978 | Album |
| Coleman Classics Volume 1 | Ornette Coleman | 1977 | Album |
| Theme From A Symphony | Ornette Coleman | 1977 | Single |
| Dancing In Your Head | Ornette Coleman | 1977 | Album |
| Paris Concert | Ornette Coleman | 1977 | Album |
| The Unprecedented Music Of Ornette Coleman = 未踏峰 | Ornette Coleman | 1977 | Album |
| Science Fiction / Skies Of America | Ornette Coleman | 1976 | Compil. |
| To Whom Who Keeps A Record | Ornette Coleman | 1975 | Album |
| Science Fiction | Ornette Coleman | 1972 | Album |
| Crisis | Ornette Coleman | 1972 | Album |
| An Evening With Ornette Coleman <1> | Ornette Coleman | 1972 | Album |
| The Men Who Live In The White House | Ornette Coleman | 1972 | Single |
| Skies Of America | Ornette Coleman, The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By David Measham | 1972 | Album |
| An Evening With Ornette Coleman <2> | Ornette Coleman | 1972 | Album |
| Friends And Neighbors | Ornette Coleman | 1971 | Single |
| Twins | Ornette Coleman | 1971 | Album |
| Electric Byrd / That Healin' Feelin' / Love Call / Coalition | Ornette Coleman, Horace Silver, Elvin Jones, Donald Byrd | 1971 | Album |
| Love Call | Ornette Coleman | 1971 | Album |
| Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street | Ornette Coleman | 1970 | Album |
| The Best Of Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 1970 | Compil. |
| The Art Of The Improvisers | Ornette Coleman | 1970 | Album |
| Ornette At 12 | Ornette Coleman | 1969 | Album |
| Man On The Moon / Growing Up | Ornette Coleman | 1969 | Single |
| New York Is Now! | Ornette Coleman | 1968 | Album |
| The Best Of Ornette Coleman - Ornette Coleman Quartet (オーネット・コールマン) | Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Quartet | 1968 | Compil. |
| The Music Of Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia Quartet | 1967 | Album |
| An Evening With Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 1967 | Album |
| Town Hall 1962 | Ornette Coleman | 1967 | Single |
| Chappaqua Suite | Ornette Coleman | 1966 | Album |
| The Empty Foxhole | Ornette Coleman | 1966 | Album |
| Town Hall • 1962 | Ornette Coleman | 1965 | Album |
| Broadcasts - Never On LP Before | Ornette Coleman | 1962 | Album |
| Ornette On Tenor | Ornette Coleman | 1962 | Album |
| Change Of The Century | Ornette Coleman | 1960 | Album |
| Una Muy Bonita | Ornette Coleman | 1960 | Single |
| The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | Single |
| The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | Album |
| Tomorrow Is The Question! | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | Album |
| Bird Food | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | Single |
| Something Else!!!! | Ornette Coleman | 1958 | Album |
| The Blessing / Chippie | Ornette Coleman | Single | |
| No. 1 Composer | Ornette Coleman | Compil. | |
| In Concert | Ornette Coleman | Album | |
| Just Jazz Vol. 1 | Earl Hines / Albert Ayler / Sam Rivers / Ornette Coleman / Anthony Braxton | Compil. |
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