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Coleman, Ornette

LC control no.n 83071536
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LC classificationML419.C63 Biography
Personal name headingColeman, Ornette
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Variant(s)Coleman, Randolph Denard Ornette
See alsoCorporate body: Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
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Corporate body: Ornette Coleman Quartet
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Corporate body: Ornette Coleman Quintet
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Corporate body: Ornette Coleman Trio
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Birth date19300309
Death date20150611
Place of birthFort Worth (Tex.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationSaxophonists Composers Jazz musicians
Found inColeman, O. A collection of compositions, c1961.
New Grove dict. of jazz (Coleman, Ornette; b. 3-9-30, Fort Worth; saxophonist, composer)
Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Coleman, Ornette; b. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman, Mar. 29, 1930, Fort Worth, Tex.)
New York times (online), viewed June 11, 2015 (Ornette Coleman; b. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman, Mar. 9, 1930, Fort Worth; d. Thursday morning [June 11, 2015], Manhattan, aged 85; alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz)