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Ornette Coleman

real name Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman

US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer

Fort Worth, United States · 1930-03-09 – 2015-06-11

Ornette Coleman is credited on 2,847 releases across 600 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,847

Credits

600

Albums

8

Decades active

257

In collections

Biography

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American Jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer.
Born March 9, 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died June 11, 2015 in New York City, New York, USA
His album "Free Jazz" gave its name to a whole jazz movement.
He was married to Jayne Cortez from 1954-64. Their son Denardo Coleman is a jazz drummer, and has recorded with both parents, beginning at the age of 10 on "The Empty Foxhole". Brother.

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Credited work

2,847 releases · 600 albums · active 1958–2026

  • Performance · 5,293
  • Other credits · 288
  • Production · 63
  • Engineering · 5

Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Contemporary's Studio · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm

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