In Reply to: Not many really deserve to be called "innovator" or "unique", but he surely did. R.I.P. Ornette Coleman. posted by Rick W on June 11, 2015 at 07:45:28:
played a rehearsal of Skies of America.
A friend met him, he said he was "Looking for the Note that would make him Invisible!
It's time for an Ornette-a-thon.
WKCR at Columbia U will probably have one, they've had Coltrane and Cecil Taylor
Marathons, 24 hours each.
There's a famous photo of Leonard Bernstein listening very closely to Charlie Haden's
Bass when playing w/Ornette.
Ornette wrote a lot of great tunes, too.
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- I heard him Live at the Both/And in SF several times in the mid-60's, and - oldmkvi 08:18:12 06/11/15 (2)
- RE: I heard him Live at the Both/And in SF several times in the mid-60's, and - fantja 15:11:18 06/12/15 (0)
- WKCR FM, Ornette-a-thon in Progress! nt - oldmkvi 08:21:16 06/11/15 (0)