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Ornette Coleman His Life and Music  Peter
Niklas WilsonBerkeley Hills Press, 1999 Paperback. 256pp. b&w & musical illustrations £12.99 This is the first book about Ornette to appear in nearly a decade, and is an authoritative account of the man and his music. It gives the most complete explanation of 'harmolodics', Coleman's enigmatic musical theory. It analyses his compositions for classical as well as jazz ensemble. A narrative discography provides information on all his authorised as well as many bootleg recordings. PETER NIKLAS WILSON has also written acclaimed studies of Charlie Parker and Anthony Braxton. "Ornette Coleman, His Life and Music, is an entertaining and up-to-date guide to 'the greatest saxophone player alive' - ROBERT CHRISTGAU |
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Rarely
does one man transform the way we listen to music, but such a man is Ornette
Coleman. Since his debut forty years ago, his music has always caused
a sensation. In 1960 he released the album Free Jazz, which inaugurated
a whole movement that dominated jazz in the 1960s. In the 1970s he formed
the ensemble Prime Time, a unique fusion group that took his orchestral
ideal of sound into the electric era. In recent years he has written for
classical ensembles, made albums with Jerry Garcia and Pat Metheny, and
been showered with honours including a MacArthur grant and induction into
Down Beat's Hall of Fame. Yet he does not recline in an elder statesman
posture: Coleman's CDs continue to push the envelope and recent concerts
include such provocative elements as body-piercing demonstrations and
what Down Beat, for lack of a better term, called "s&m acrobats."