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Ornette Coleman

Features

Spontaneous and Passionate Invention

By Daniel McClure

Ornette Coleman's free jazz was an American variant on the means and methods of Europe's Situationists. [27 September 2007]

Best Jazz of 2006

Will Layman's list of the year's best jazz records, a hearty baker's dozen, includes iconoclasts, eccentrics, avant-gardists, and some downright swingers. [11 December 2006]

Reviews

Ornette Coleman: At the Golden Circle, Volume One/Two

By James Beaudreau

Ornette Coleman: Skies of America / The Complete Science Fiction Sessions

By Dan Moos

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