Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Born
March 9, 1930
Died
June 11, 2015 (age 85)
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Biography
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.
Known For
TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Film
Chappaqua
Peyote eater
1966
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Film
Ornette: Made in America
Self
1986
Film
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time & Pat Metheny: Live in Montreal
Self
1988
Film
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Sax
2014
Film
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
Self
1984
Film
An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995
Film
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
Self
2012
Film
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - Live in Palalido 1980
Themself
Film
Looking for Ornette
Self
2018
Film
Ornette Coleman Group - Berlin 1971
Themself
Film
Ornette Coleman
Themself
2018
Film
Ornette Coleman Quartet, Barcelona 1987
Themself
Filmography
2018FilmLooking for Ornetteas Self2018FilmOrnette Colemanas Themself2014FilmCharles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinityas Sax2012FilmSonny Rollins: Beyond the Notesas Self2007Film365 Day Projectas Self1995FilmAn Introduction to Harmolodics1988FilmOrnette Coleman and Prime Time & Pat Metheny: Live in Montrealas Self1986FilmOrnette: Made in Americaas Self1984FilmOrnette Coleman: A Jazz Video Gameas Self1975TVSaturday Night Liveas Self - Musical Guest1966FilmChappaquaas Peyote eater—FilmOrnette Coleman Group - Berlin 1971as Themself—FilmOrnette Coleman & Prime Time - Live in Palalido 1980as Themself—FilmOrnette Coleman Quartet, Barcelona 1987as Themself