Early Ornette Coleman Remembered

Source: All About Jazz.

June 11th 2015 was one of those momentous days in jazz history that can truly be said to signal the end of an era—it was the day Ornette Coleman died. It is a mark of his stature that, on the day in question, when jazz fans told each other, “Ornette is dead” no-one ever asked, “Ornette who?” As with Elvis or Miles, one name was sufficient. There have been other Colemans, but there was only ever one Ornette…