Quote from: Time Topic

After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player.


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Author Bio


  • NameOrnette Coleman
  • DescriptionAmerican jazz musician
  • AliasesRandolph Denard Ornette Coleman
  • BornMarch 9, 1930
  • DiedJune 11, 2015
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComposer; Trumpeter; Saxophonist; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Praemium Imperiale