Ornette Coleman Dies at 85; Composer and Saxophonist Reshaped Jazz

Mr. Coleman was a leader in making jazz less beholden to rules of harmony and rhythm.

Jazz great Ornette Coleman dies aged 85

The groundbreaking and sometimes controversial avant garde saxophonist, pioneer of free jazz, suffered a cardiac arrest

www.theguardian.com
Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85

Ornette Coleman, the American saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died early on Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan. He was 85.

www.npr.org
The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

youtu.be
Times Square