Ornette Coleman
Mar 9 Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2015)
Ornette Coleman
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About March 1930
How Old? 90 or 91 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No