Ornette Coleman live in concert.
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Ornette Coleman

8
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

90
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Ornette Coleman is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers. Based on 8 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ornette Coleman is rated as an amazing live performer, with exceptional shows that are worth watching.

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Ornette Coleman Live Berliner Jazztage November 4th. 1972 (Restauración 2023) (14 December 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Fort Worth, United States (3/19/1930)
Bio
Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the founders and major innovators of the 1960s free jazz movement and one of the most notable figures in jazz history.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

November 21, 2011
100
%
Ornette Coleman's visits to these shores have always been remarkable events, featuring collaborations with bagpipers, rappers, opera singers, orchestras and – at 2009's Meltdown festival – Patti Smith, Flea and the Roots.

The Guardian (UK)

June 22, 2009
100
%
Ornette Coleman's final gig at the Meltdown festival he curated and played at was carried off with typically wayward flair.

musicOMH (UK)

June 21, 2009
90
%
It was the climax of a fantastic programme of entertainment curated by the man himself and it deserved the 15-minute standing ovation and continued applause that followed.

Exclaim (Canada)

December 1, 2005
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The warmth shown by Toronto for one of the icons of 20th century music was in evidence for the entire evening and spoke volumes for the personal connection many have to him through his music.

Financial Times (UK)

November 21, 2011
80
%
Richard Galliano / Roy Haynes / Ornette Coleman, London Jazz Festival

The Village Voice (USA)

September 28, 2009
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He picks up the former periodically throughout the night, on a whim, out of pique or boredom; he never touches the latter again.

State of Mind Magazine (USA)

June 13, 2008
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He was hanging out at Denardo Coleman's place‚ having a jam session‚ when Denardo's father‚ Ornette‚ walked in.

Past critic reviews published in

Gaffa (Norway), Soundvenue (Denmark), 303 Magazine (USA), Sound and Silence (USA), Toronto Star (Canada) and more

Image Credit

Michael Hoefner [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons