Chuck Nessa Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/music/ornette-coleman-jazz-saxophonist-dies-at-85-obituary.html?_r=2 Quote
LarryCurleyMoe Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 WOAH! SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NEWS HERE! R.I.P. Great Master and thanks for all the good vibes and great music! Knew the day would come, just not so soon. Quote
HutchFan Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Ugh. Sorry to hear this. Another giant gone. RIP Quote
soulpope Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) R I P Edited June 11, 2015 by soulpope Quote
colinmce Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 A day you know will come but can never prepare for. We lived in a different world before Ornette and now we live in a different one without him again. If ever a musician deserved out utmost thanks, it is him. My gratitude is bottomless. Quote
Joe Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Blindsided by this, but I know I shouldn't be. Damn damn damn. Quote
jazzbo Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 So sad, but he had a great life. Thanks for all the notes Ornette! Quote
imeanyou Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Sad, sad news. Still getting my head round it. Thank you Ornette. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 One of my early favorites; RIP. Glad I got the opportunity to see him perform live some years ago... Quote
John L Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 What a shock! RIP There will certainly never be another like Ornette. Quote
ghost of miles Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Blindsided by this, but I know I shouldn't be. Damn damn damn. My reaction exactly. Was just listening to The Complete Science Fiction Sessions last night and marveling all over again at that music. Thanks for all the rare beauty, OC. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Well - well I heard his name many many years before I heard his music It was some time around 1980 or 1982 or 1984 in a dream or on binge of whatever either before or after I moved to NJ and it was like a dream that I heard this great name ORNETTE Coleman It was as if his music or art was from another planet - but I did not yet search it out - it was a fantasy I didn't know I had to hear his music - and THEN all the other music he made possible. Music that even at 25 or 30 I didn't know would change and possibly save my life. Then maybe six or eight or even ten years later I read that Don Van Vliet listened to two guys with fucking awesome names... ORNETTE Coleman and CECIL Taylor Who would have known that I would be blessed to discover who were the last two founders of the music I love to remain alive until yesterday or today. We know it's from before but for me they are the inventors, the mad geniuses with the beautiful names. Two of the few rare first name guys. Always my guys whether I listen to more of what followed. Always the inventors of my music - despite all the other music I like, adore or even love - THIS music as my pal Shrugs calls it - THIS music is the music of true freedom and love - front row music, music to this day I've NEVER listened to in the background - music that strives to move souls, hearts and minds. Change of the Century, baby RIP, sir Edited June 11, 2015 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Clunky Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Very sad as with all the passings we mention here. Ornette really was a giant of the music. RIP Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 A day you know will come but can never prepare for. We lived in a different world before Ornette and now we live in a different one without him again. If ever a musician deserved out utmost thanks, it is him. My gratitude is bottomless. Well said. RIP. Quote
kh1958 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 What terrible news, the loss of an all-time great. Quote
mjazzg Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 "beauty is a rare thing"thank you Ornette. RIP Quote
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