R.I.P., Ornette Coleman (3/9/1930 – 6/11/2015)

[IrezumiKiss]

Rest in power, maestro.

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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, a term he invented with the name of an album. 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.

 

[Mr Noone]

Jeez, three huge names in entertainment in one day. And at 85, he's the youngest!

 

[Queersetti]

Jeez, three huge names in entertainment in one day. And at 85, he's the youngest!

Also, the funkiest.

 

[JohnnySavage]

But we still have Abe Vigoda!

 

[Pookie]

But we still have Abe Vigoda!

And Henry Winkler!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

But we still have Abe Vigoda!

And Henry Winkler!

And Dr. Ruth Westheimer!

 

[Not Normal]

I was 15 and saw Ornette as part of the Song X tour with his son, Pat Methany, Jack DeJohnette and Charlie Haden (who passed last year). It was a life changing musical event.

RIP good Sir.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

His name stands with the greats.

R.I.P