Let's play the music and not the background! - Ornette Coleman

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Let's play the music and not the background!

Ornette Coleman

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About Ornette Coleman

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

Alternative Names: Randolph Denard 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.

I mostly like things that have causes more than effects, and this seemed to be a tune that is mostly effects. I don't get the cause clearly.

The only thing my mother would say about my music—I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say, "Junior, I know who you are."