Ornette Coleman

Birth Name:

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman

Birth Place:

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Music department, Actor

Won a Pulitzer Prize for music for his album "Sound Grammar" in 2007
Was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame in 1969
Released his debut album, "Something Else!!!!," in 1958, followed one year later by "The Shape of Jazz to Come," which many considered a breakthrough in the world of avant-garde jazz
Quote: "All I wanted to do was write music that people would like ․․․ I was the only person doing what I was doing․ Nobody did it but me․ There's not two Coca-Colas; there's only one Coca-Cola․ I thought of myself on that level․"
Quote: "I didn't know you had to learn to play․ I didn't know music was a style and that it had rules and stuff, I thought it was just sound․ I thought you had to play to play, and I still think that․"
Best known as a jazz saxophonist, trumpeter and violinist who was one of the leaders of the free jazz movement in the 1960s
Collaborated with Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on three tracks of his LP "Virgin Beauty" in 1988

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