Justin V Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thank you, Mr. Coleman, and rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Glad I got to see him back in 2007 with my then 7 y.o. son. Thanks for the fantastic music, Mr. Coleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Terrible news....!!! Thanks for the music, Mr. Coleman. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 "Change Of The Century" RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I heard my first Ornette record when I was sixteen years old. I checked out (vinyl!) The Best of Ornette Coleman, on Atlantic, from my local library. I was entranced — some of the most natural sounds I'd heard from a saxophone. Later, I found out, his music was "controversial." His legacy will only expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Nothing I can add would be adequate, but "Free Jazz" was my first jazz album purchase maybe 15 years ago and it did my head in (in a good way). So glad I saw him live at Carnegie Hall with Abby Lincoln about 10 years ago. Drove up to New York from Maryland just for that. Edited June 11, 2015 by Hoppy T. Frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Exactly, Late. I heard Ayler and Coltrane first, and they were something - that music was very exciting. Then I heard Ornette's music not too long afterwards, and it all made sense - so absolutely natural. That was nearly twenty years ago but could've been yesterday. Edited June 11, 2015 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 This was our music! It still is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/jazz-great-ornette-coleman-dies-aged-85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Very sad news - a giant has gone. Glad I got the chance to see him, RIP. That 70s Atlantic 'Best Of' LP was my introduction to his music too. Edited June 11, 2015 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 RIP, thank you for everything and your contributions to this music, Mr. Coleman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Baugher Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 He was exactly like this music: direct, original and warm. He was a great artist, father and friend. Ornette was a REAL human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Very sad. Beautiful music and a wonderful role model. Personifies asymmetrical music for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 That 70s Atlantic 'Best Of' LP was my introduction to his music too. I love the track order. It's one of the few best-of comps, for nostalgic reasons I suppose, that I consider an album to itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 WSJ obituary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 There's a link to this within the link Bill F posted but you might miss it: http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2015/jun/11/ornette-coleman-life-in-pictures Also a Richard Williams article: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/jun/11/ornette-coleman-ourage-and-rightness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMB1968 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 ohhh man -- RIP Mr. Coleman. I'm going to have to tie one on tonight after this news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 That 70s Atlantic 'Best Of' LP was my introduction to his music too. I love the track order. It's one of the few best-of comps, for nostalgic reasons I suppose, that I consider an album to itself. I agree wholeheartedly. I'm going to put this one on later in the man's honor. A sad day indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 WKCR is doing a memorial broadcast for 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 15 years ago I had the pleasure to see him & Charlie Haden playing together at the battery park. RIP Mr. Coleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/11/jazz-titan-ornette-coleman-stayed-at-the-front-of-the-avant-garde-pack-all-his-life.html http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2015/06/11/413630335/ornette-coleman-jazz-iconoclast-dies-at-85 Also, from Josh Haden: http://joshhaden.blogspot.com/2015/06/your-music-is-our-music-rip-ornette.html Edited June 11, 2015 by bluesoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Change of the Century, baby RIP, sir Time to spin this record (60s Danish Atlantic pressing). (Yes, Steve R., you and I know we deeply disagree about the overwhelming importance of "free jazz" to jazz OVERALL, but for the record, I always could see the continuity of the music on that record and where it came from in the long line of jazz (unlike that of some other - European, in particular - free exponents). I'll go on record as saying that many other jazz heroes did more for my love of jazz but he WAS a true giant. RIP and I doff my hat. Edited June 11, 2015 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 The best way to honor Ornette is to keep the spirit of innovation alive. Before he was an icon, he was an object of ridicule, a change agent, and he changed the music through belief in what he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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