Ornette Coleman 1930 – 2015: jazz pioneer and visionary dies aged 85
Thursday, June 11, 2015
One of the true jazz giants, Ornette Coleman, visionary pioneer of free jazz and an inspiration to so many musicians both inside and outside the genre, died on 11 June in New York of cardiac arrest at the age of 85.
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