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RIP: Ornette Coleman

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“It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something”
– Ornette Coleman

From The New York Times:

The alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was 85.

The cause was cardiac arrest, a representative of the family said. […]

[Photo: Tom Beetz]

• Ornette Coleman: http://www.ornettecoleman.com