Update (May 28, 2015): System Dialing Records has issued a response denying Ornette Coleman's allegations: "New Vocabulary is a collaborative, joint work by professional musicians Jordan Mclean, Amir ...

The first time I saw Ornette Coleman live was in my hometown of Syracuse in the summer of 1986; the next month I moved West to begin my studies at CalArts with Charlie Haden and the other fine faculty ...

Jazz saxophonist Coleman, who is almost 85, rarely makes records any more. In New Vocabulary, he joins up trumpet and drums — and peppers his solos with his signature catchy and earthy pet phrases.

During Ornette Coleman’s legendary 1959 run of shows at the Five Spot club in New York, there was a joke going around: “A waiter drops a trayload of drinks and a man says to his lady-friend, ‘Listen ...

As the master of free jazz, Ornette Coleman's career spans more than five decades. Over that time, he has created a musical world of his own. He talks to Farai Chideya about his unique perspective on ...

(CN) – Two musicians bootlegged live private recordings of jazz great Ornette Coleman and continue to offer the illicit materials for sale, the bandleader and his son say in a federal lawsuit.

Ornette Coleman was becoming well known in the Los Angeles jazz scene in the 1950's, supporting himself with menial jobs during the day and blowing bebop in the clubs at night. Deeply dissatisfied ...

“Ornette’s work is so profoundly tied to the notion of liberty,” Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid says, reflecting on the life, music and legacy of the saxophonist Ornette Coleman, who died on June ...

June 11th 2015 was one of those momentous days in jazz history that can truly be said to signal the end of an era—it was the day Ornette Coleman died. It is a mark of his stature that, on the day in ...

Those less familiar with out-there jazz of the 1950s and ‘60s might not have a clue as to why Ornette Coleman, who died Thursday morning, was such a transformative American musician at that time, and ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Hajdu ORNETTE COLEMAN The Territory and the Adventure By Maria Golia The letter name for a ...

The jazz world lost one of its most visionary artists Thursday when Ornette Coleman died in New York City, the New York Times reports. Coleman was 85. According to the Times, the cause was cardiac ...