Ornette Coleman

Known for

Music and sound

Born

March 9, 1930

Birthplace

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Died

June 11, 2015 (aged 85)

Biography

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.

Best known work

Naked Lunch

1991

Saturday Night Live

1975

Detective

1985

Ornette: Made in America

1986

Chappaqua

1966

Who's Crazy?

1965

Catalog

1961

Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game

1984

365 Day Project

2007

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

2014

Filmography

TBA
Ornette Coleman Group - Berlin 1971
as Themself
TBA
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - Live in Palalido 1980
as Themself
TBA
Ornette Coleman Quartet, Barcelona 1987
as Themself
2018
Looking for Ornette
as Self
2018
Ornette Coleman
as Themself
2014
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
as Sax
2013
All Magic Sands/Chappaqua
Original Music Composer
2012
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
as Self
2010
The Sparrow and the Tigress
Music
2007
365 Day Project
as Self
1995
An Introduction to Harmolodics
Music
1991
Naked Lunch
Original Music Composer
1988
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time & Pat Metheny: Live in Montreal
as Self
1986
Ornette: Made in America
as Self, Original Music Composer
1985
Detective
Music
1984
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
as Self
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
as Self - Musical Guest (1 episode)
1969
Repression
Music
1968
Population Explosion
Music
1966
Chappaqua
as Peyote eater
1965
Who's Crazy?
Music
1961
Catalog
Music