Full Name: Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
Profession: Jazz Composer
Nationality:
American
Biography: One of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, having also invented the term "free jazz" by naming his album so.
Born: March 9, 1930
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Pisces
Historical Events
- 1960-12-21 Ornette Coleman records his influential album "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation", establishes the name for the Free Jazz sound
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