Issue 416

Two rare Ornette Coleman albums to be reissued as double CD

20|07|2017

Never before reissued on CD, Real Gone Music will release 1969's Ornette At 12 and 1972's Crisis

Issue 378

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Neil Michael Hagerty & Jennifer Herrema

June 2015

The Royal Trux duo conclude our online tribute to Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Jamaaladeen Tacuma

June 2015

The bass virtuoso was still a teenager when he joined Prime Time and got a lesson in how ideas are more important than notes

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Barre Phillips

June 2015

The bass player recalls his encounters with Ornette across 30 years and three continents

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Trevor Watts

June 2015

The UK saxophonist first heard Ornette playing the music of tomorrow 55 years ago – but he remembers it just like yesterday

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Gareth Sager

June 2015

The Pop Group member joins our tribute to Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman: 1930–2015: Mark Cunningham

June 2015

The former Mars member recalls Ornette's Artists House loft and his impact on no wave

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Otomo Yoshihide

June 2015

The Japanese omni-musician continues our online tribute to Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Robert Wyatt

June 2015

As part of our online tribute to Ornette Coleman, who died on 11 June, Robert Wyatt explains why he loves the saxophonist’s earliest recordings so much

Archive Portal: Ornette Coleman

June 2015

In the third of our series of posts shining a light into the darker recesses of The Wire's back issues archive, Tony Herrington continues our online tribute to Ornette Coleman by selecting seven articles that expand on the theories and music of the late saxophonist and composer

News

Ornette Coleman: 1930–2015

12|06|2015

The Wire has been deeply saddened by the news of the death of Ornette Coleman in New York on 11 June aged 85

Essay

Ornette Coleman 1930–2015: Brian Morton

June 2015

Brian Morton pays tribute to Ornette Coleman, who died on 11 June in New York of a heart attack aged 85

Video

Playlist: Ornette Coleman 1930–2015

June 2015

Ornette Coleman died on 11 June in New York of a heart attack aged 85. Listen to a playlist of some of his music, based on Brian Morton's tribute to the late free jazz pioneer