Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played… - Ornette Coleman

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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played nigth after night but differently each time.

Ornette Coleman

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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 19, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played nigth after night but differently each time. - Ornette Coleman

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