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Ornette Coleman

Real Name:
Ornette Coleman
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Born: March 19, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas.

Jazz innovator, whose album Free Jazz even gave its name to a whole sub-genre.
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Discography

Releases:
Change Of The Century (Album) (9 versions)   Atlantic 1959
The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Album) (7 versions)   Atlantic 1959
Ornette On Tenor (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1962
Town Hall December 1962 (Album) (5 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1965
Chappaqua Suite (2xLP)   CBS, CBS 1966
The Empty Foxhole (Album) (4 versions)   Blue Note 1966
The Music Of Ornette Coleman (LP, Mono)   RCA Victor 1967
Love Call (LP)   Blue Note 1968
Love Call (LP)   Blue Note 1968
New York Is Now! (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1968
Ornette At 12 (LP, Album)   Impulse! 1969
Ornette At 12 (LP, Mono)   Impulse! 1969
The Art Of The Improvisers (Album) (4 versions)   Atlantic ... 1970
The Best Of Ornette Coleman (LP)   Atlantic 1970
Twins (3 versions)   Atlantic 1971
An Evening With Ornette Coleman <1> (LP)   Black Lion 1972
Crisis (Album) (2 versions)   Impulse! 1972
In Europe Volume 1 + 2 (2xLP)   Freedom 1972
Science Fiction (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1972
Skies Of America (Album) (4 versions)   Columbia ... 1972
In Europe Volume 1 (LP)   Black Lion 1975
Free Jazz (Album) (3 versions)   Rhino Entertainment Company ... 1976
Coleman Classics Volume 1 (LP, Album, Mono)   Improvising Artists Inc. 1977
Dancing In Your Head (Album) (4 versions)   Horizon Records & Tapes ... 1977
Body Meta (Album) (4 versions)   Artists House ... 1978
I Grandi Del Jazz (LP)   Fabbri Editori 1979
Soapsuds, Soapsuds (LP)   Artists House 1979
Who's Crazy Pt. I (LP)   I.R.I. 1979
The Unprecedented Music Of Ornette Coleman (LP, Album)   Lotus 1980
Broken Shadows (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 1982
Of Human Feelings (Album) (3 versions)   Antilles ... 1982
Stating The Case (LP)   Jazz Anthology 1982
Prime Design / Time Design (LP)   Caravan Of Dreams Productions 1985
Opening The Caravan Of Dreams (LP, Album)   Caravan Of Dreams Productions 1986
Song X (Album) (5 versions)   Geffen Records 1986
The Music Of Ornette Coleman: Forms & Sounds (CD, RE)   Bluebird 1987
Something Else!!!! (2 versions)   Contemporary Records 1988
Tomorrow Is The Question! (3 versions)   Contemporary Records 1988
Virgin Beauty (Album) (4 versions)   Portrait ... 1988
Jazzbühne Berlin '88 Vol. 5 (CD, Album)   Repertoire Records 1990
Naked Lunch (2 versions)   Milan Records 1992
Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (6xCD, Comp, Dig + Box)   Rhino Records (2) 1993
Who's Crazy (2xCD, Album, Dig)   Tokuma Japan Communications 1994
Tone Dialing (CD)   Harmolodic 1995
Sound Museum - Hidden Man (CD, Album)   Harmolodic 1996
Sound Museum - Three Women (CD, Album)   Harmolodic 1996
Chappaqua Suite (2xCD, Album, RM, RE)   Sony Records 1997
Colors: Live From Leipzig (CD, Album)   Harmolodic 1997
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (2 versions)   Columbia ... 2000
Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street (2 versions)   BMG (France) ... 2001
Sound Grammar (CD, Album, Dig)   Sound Grammar 2006
Whom Do You Work For? (CD, Album)   Get Back 2007
Chappaqua Suite (2xCD, Album, RE)   Sony Music Entertainment (France)  
Production:
Tales Of Captain Black (Album) (3 versions)   Artists House ... 1979
Mighty Reel (Cass, Album) Sleep Talk New Musical Express 1982
Cosmic Life (CD, Album)   Evolving Cosmos 2004
Mix:
Tales Of Captain Black (LP, Album)   Artists House 1979
Appears On:
Free Jazz (Album) (8 versions)   Atlantic ... 1960
This Is Our Music (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic 1960
Ornette! (Album) (3 versions)   Atlantic 1961
Lonely Woman (2 versions) Lonely Woman Atlantic 1962
The Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet (Album) (2 versions) Peace Savoy Records ... 1962
At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm - Volume One (Album) (6 versions)   Blue Note ... 1965
I Remember Clifford / Ramblin' (7", EP, Mono) Ramblin' (Toulka) Supraphon 1965
Jazz Abstractions (LP, Mono)   Atlantic 1966
Mr. Joy (Album) (2 versions) Ramblin' Limelight ... 1968
Free Jazz No. 1 (LP) Ramblin' Concert Hall 1969
Inventions (LP, Album) (Sketch Of) Lovely Woman Vanguard 1969
Ramblin' (Album) (2 versions) Ramblin' BYG Records ... 1969
The Marzette Watts Ensemble (Vinyl, Album) Play It Straight, Lone... Savoy Jazz 1969
Paul Bley With Gary Peacock (Album) (2 versions) Blues, When Will The B... ECM Records 1970
The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood (LP, Album) Ramblin' Columbia 1970
The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood (LP, Album) Ramblin' CBS 1970
Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band (Album) (3 versions) AOS Apple Records ... 1970
The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet (LP, Album) The Blessing, Free America Records 1971
At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm - Volume Two (Album) (4 versions)   Blue Note ... 1973
The Art Of The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Atlantic Years (2xLP) Lonely Woman Atlantic 1973
Femmes Et Famines (LP) Gloria Barclay 1975
Spjärnsvallet (LP, Album) Orn 2 MNW 1975
Bright Size Life (Album) (2 versions) Round Trip / Broadway ... ECM Records 1976
Closeness (LP, Album) O.C. Horizon Records & Tapes 1976
London (LP, Album) The Sphinx Compendium Records 1976
Airwaves (2xLP) Ten Packed Minutes One Ten Records 1977
The Golden Number (LP, Album)   Horizon Records & Tapes 1977
Live In Ankara (Album) (2 versions) Ornette's Concept, Orn... Sonet ... 1978
Codona (Album) (2 versions) Colemanwonder: Race Fa... ECM Records ... 1979
Old And New Dreams (Album) (2 versions) Lonely Woman, Open Or ... ECM Records 1979
Tales Of Captain Black (Album) (3 versions)   Artists House ... 1979
80/81 (Album) (2 versions) Turnaround ECM Records 1980
Codona 2 (Album) (2 versions) Drip-Dry ECM Records 1981
Good Enough For Jazz (LP) Lonely Woman VARAJAZZ 1981
Music / Sangam (3 versions) Untitled / Inspiration... Heavenly Sweetness ... 1982
Show Stopper (Album) (3 versions)   Gramavision ... 1983
Trip To Prillarguri (CD, Album) Man On The Moon Soul Note 1983
14 Love Poems (LP)   FMP 1984
Renaissance Man (Album) (2 versions) Dancing In Your Head Gramavision ... 1984
So Tranquilizin' (Album) (3 versions)   Gramavision 1985
Bruniferd (LP, Album)   RecRec Music 1986
Interviews With Lyle Mays And Pat Metheny (LP, Promo)   Geffen Records 1986
In All Languages (Album) (2 versions)   Caravan Of Dreams Productions 1987
Liberation Music Orchestra (CD, Album, RM) War Orphans Impulse! 1987
The Song Of Singing (CD, Album, RE) Blues Connotation Blue Note 1987
White Man Sleeps (Album) (2 versions) Lonely Woman Nonesuch 1987
Audio-Visualscapes (2xLP, Album) Sphinx Impulse!, Impulse! 1988
Etudes (Album) (2 versions) Lonely Woman Soul Note 1988
Random Abstract (CD, Album) Lonely Woman Columbia 1988
The Birth Of The Cruel (LP, Album) Lonely Woman SST Records 1988
Trio (CD, Album) Turnaround Windham Hill Jazz 1988
Art Deco (CD, Album) When Will The Blues Le... A&M Records 1989
Closeness (CD, Album, RE) O.C. A&M Records 1989
Ghosts (Album) (2 versions) Broadway Blues ITM Records (2) ... 1989
Memoirs (CD, Album) Latin Genetics Soul Note 1989
Naked City (CD, Album) Lonely Woman Nonesuch 1989
Polyphyllum (LP, Album) Intermezzo L+R Records 1989
Trio Jeepy (Album) (2 versions) Peace Columbia ... 1989
Question And Answer (CD, Album) Law Years Geffen Records 1990
Gemini Gemini (CD, Album) Tacuma Song ITM Pacific 1991
The Blessing (CD, Album) The Blessing Blue Note 1991
The Collection (6xCD, Box) Lonely Woman Nonesuch 1991
To' Up (Cass, Ltd, C-1) Theme From A Symphony Not On Label (Crawlspace (2) Self-released) 1991
We.Are.The.Music.We.Play (CD) Dee Dee SST Records 1991
Footloose (CD, Album, RE) When Will The Blues Leave Nippon Columbia 1992
Lonely Woman (CD, Album) Lonely Woman Vivid Sound Corporation 1992
Motian In Tokyo (CD, Album) Kathelin Gray JMT Productions 1992
Play (CD, Album) Blues Connotation Blue Note 1992
The Eleventh-Hour Shine-On (CD, Album) Broad Way Blues Enemy Records 1992
The Magnificence Of Stereo (CD, Album)   Sruti Box 1992
Truth And Beauty (Cass) Peace IRRE Tapes 1992
Hum Of Life (LP) Peace Warriors Konkurrel, Project A Bomb 1993
The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet (CD, Album) The Bleesing, Free Musidisc 1993
Dona Nostra (CD, Album) Race Face, What Reason... ECM Records, ECM Records 1994
The Majoon Traveler (CD) Ornette Comes Home Sub Rosa 1994
New And Old Gospel (CD, Album, RE, RM) Old Gospel, Strange As... Blue Note 1996
Plays The Music Of Ornette Coleman : Music Speaks Louder Than Words (CD, Album) Lonely Woman, Elizabet... DIW Records 1996
The Acquaduct (LP, Album) Peace Warriors Rectangle 1996
An Evening With Ornette Coleman (CD, Album, RE, Pap)   Tokuma Japan Communications 1997
Eyes... In The Back Of Your Head (Album) (2 versions)   Somethin' Else ... 1997
Lust Corner (CD, Album, Sma)   Winter & Winter 1997
Stick-Up! (Album) (2 versions) Una Muy Bonita Blue Note 1997
The Double U & Giants Of External Secretion (2xCD) Lonely Woman VHF Records 1997
The Glimpse (CD, Album)   Silva Screen 1997
Bangception, Willisau 1982 (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) Lonely Woman hatOLOGY 1998
Glamjazz (CD) Lonely Woman Hazelwood Records 1998
Lives (CD, Promo) Beauty Is A Rare Thing Not On Label 1998
The Poll Winners Exploring The Scene (CD, Album, RM) The Blessing Contemporary Records 1998
Design In Time (CD, Album) Law Years, Feet Music,... Delmark Records 1999
Swing Slang Song (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Delabel ... 1999
Burn The Incline / Free Jazz Classics (2xCD, Ltd) Happy House Atavistic, Atavistic 2000
Jazzactuel (Comp) (2 versions) Ramblin' Charly Schallplatten GmbH ... 2000
Nature Way (CD, Album, Dig)   PAO Records 2000
The Avant-Garde (Album) (3 versions) Focus On Sanity, The B... Atlantic 2000
Transgression (CD, Album) Skies Of America P-Vine Records, After Hours 2000
Waves From Albert Ayler (CD, Album) Ramblin' Atavistic 2000
Fake Life (CD, Album) Victoria, Sfinx - Compute Goga 2001
Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 (2xCD, Album) Happy House Atavistic 2001
Open Systems (CD, Album) Lonely Woman Marge 2001
Scar (CD, Album) Pryor Reprise Mammoth Records 2001
She Knows... (CD, Album) Kathelin Gray Crazy Wisdom, Universal Music (Sweden) 2001
Solobsession (CD, Album) Mothers Of The Veil Label Bleu 2001
Xieyi (CD, Album, Sli)   ECM Records 2001
"Mad Nomad(s)" (CD, Album) Happy House Label Bleu 2002
Footsteps Of Our Fathers (CD, Album)   Rounder Records, Marsalis Music 2002
Paris Jazz Concert (CD, Album) Cross Roads Delta Music 2002
Universal Consciousness (CD, Album, RE, Car)   Verve Records 2002
Concert For Kowald (File, FLAC) Congeniality Hazard Records, Hazard Records, Hazard Records 2003
La Serpenta Canta (2xCD, Album) Lonely Woman Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd. 2003
Strange Currencies (CD) Tears Inside Uncut Magazine 2003
The Raven (Album) (3 versions) Guilty Sire Records Company ... 2003
Adult Guitar (CD, Album) Macho Woman Blue Chopsticks 2004
Carola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio (2 versions) The Lonely Woman Jazzpuu 2004
Cosmic Life (CD, Album) Space Woman (Of Inner ... Evolving Cosmos 2004
Give (Album) (2 versions) Street Woman Columbia 2004
Here And How! (CD, Album) Medley OmniTone 2004
The Trumpet Player (CD) Giggin' Fresh Sound Records 2004
Channel Three (CD, Album) Mob Job Blue Note 2005
In The Year Of The Dragon (CD, Album, RE) Invisible JMT Productions 2005
Liberation Music Orchestra - Not In Our Name (CD) Skies Of America Verve Records 2005
Perles Noires Vol. I (CD, Album, Dig)   Eremite Records 2005
The Love Revolution (2xCD, Album)   Gambit Records 2005
Violet Violets (CD, Album, Dig) Invisible Stunt Records 2005
Zanussi Five (CD, Album) Azrah Illusion / Stree... Moserobie Music Production 2005
Action Jazz (CD, Album) Broken Shadows Smalltown Superjazzz 2006
Some Trees (CD, Album, Dig) Morning Song hatOLOGY 2006
Complete Live At The Hillcrest (CD, Album)   Gambit Records 2007
Hopper Tunity Box (CD, Album, RE) Lonely Woman Arcàngelo 2007
New And Old Gospel (CD, Album, RM, RVG) Old Gospel, Strange As... Blue Note 2007
Redemption (CD, Album, Dig) Lonely Woman hatOLOGY 2007
Something Sweet, Something Tender (CD, Album) The Sphinx, Peace Enja Records 2007
The Third Quartet (CD, Album, Dig) Round Trip ECM Records, ECM Records 2007
Triana Moods (CD, Album) Lonely Woman Cristal Records 2007
Whom Do You Work For? (LP)   Get Back 2007
Ballrogg (CD, Album) Sex Spy, Lorraine Bolage 2008
Hammond's Delight (CD, Album, Dig)   Double Moon Records 2008
Live In Vilnius (2xLP, Ltd) Lonely Women, Law Years NoBusiness Records 2008
The Complete Released Works 1968-1999 (3xCD, Comp + DVD) Dee Dee, Enphant I, En... Plastic Strip 2008
The Shades Of Jazz To Come (6xFile, MP3)   Amoebic Industries 2009
Washed Away, Live At The Sunside (CD, Album, Dig) Lonely Woman Marge 2009
Footloose (LP, Album) When Will The Blues Leave BYG Records  
Motion / Stillness (CD, Album, RE) Comme Il Faut Soul Note  
Old And New Dreams (CD, Album, RE) Handwoven Black Saint  
The Atomic Cafe (CD, Comp) Ramblin' Stilton Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz (6xLP + Box) Lonely Woman, Congenia... Smithsonian Collection 1973
Music With 58 Musicians Volume One (2xLP, Comp, Promo, Gat) Lonely Woman ECM Records 1980
Mighty Reel (Cass, Album) Sleep Talk New Musical Express 1982
Atlantic Jazz ● The Avant-Garde (CD) Eventually, Lonely Woman Atlantic 1986
Sounding The New Violin (CD, Album) Trinity ¿What Next? Recordings 1991
Naked Lunch (CD) Hauser And O'Brien/Bug... Milan Records 1992
Motor Info CD 6 (CD, Comp, Promo) Guadalupe Motor Music 1995
Jazz Satellites Volume 1: Electrification (2xCD) Science Fiction Virgin 1996
Ocean Of Sound (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Virgin Beauty Virgin 1996
Verona Jazz (CD, Comp) Skies Of America (Open... Nettle 1996
Geschichte Der Popmusik (52xCD, Comp + Box) Free Bear Family Records 1998
Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of America's Music (5xCD, Box) Chronology Columbia 2000
Sean Connery: Finding Forrester (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD, Album) Happy House, Foreigner... Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music Soundtrax 2000
Volume: Bed Of Sound (CD, Ltd) Untitled MoMA 2000
Strange Currencies (CD) Tears Inside Uncut Magazine 2003
Captain Beefheart's Jukebox (CD, Comp) Eventually Chrome Dreams 2009
Jazz History / 10 LPs Vol. IV (10xVinyl, Comp, Box) Happy Fool Time Wind, Happy Bird, Happy Bird, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori, Fabbri Editori  
Unofficial Releases:
Town Hall, 1962 (LP, P/Unofficial)   Base Record  
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