Ornette Coleman Musical artist

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, having also invented the term "free jazz" by naming his album so. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Birth date	March 09, 1930
Birth place	Texas , Fort Worth Texas , United States

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Musical artist

Career started	1958
associated musical artist	Pat Metheny Ed Blackwell Jack DeJohnette Scott LaFaro Billy Higgins Charlie Haden Eric Dolphy Don Cherry (trumpeter) Jackie McLean Jamaaladeen Tacuma Denardo Coleman Paul Bley Greg Cohen
Background	Non vocal instrumentalist
genre	Jazz Free jazz Avant-garde jazz Jazz fusion Free funk
instrument	Trumpet Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone Violin
record label	Atlantic Records Blue Note Records