Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday in. The first track of free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's album This Is Our Music. Despite being pretty chaotic and somewhat dissonant at times I find. Ornette Coleman artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major. Ornette Coleman, in full Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.—died June 11, 2015, New York, New York), American jazz. Ornette Coleman, a jazz saxophone player who won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Music and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, has died at the age of 85. Find Ornette Coleman discography, albums and singles on AllMusic Find Ornette Coleman bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming radio on AllMusic - The father of the controversial free jazz… This Is Our Music is the fifth album by saxophonist Ornette Coleman, recorded in 1960 and released on Atlantic Records in 1961, his third for the label. Ornette Coleman.