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Ornette Coleman & Prime Time Band: “Story Tellers” and “Latin Genetics”, live 1987
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Ornette Coleman & Prime Time Band: “Story Tellers” and “Latin Genetics”, live 1987

The world lost a pioneer in the music world yesterday as Ornette Coleman passed away at the age of 85. An innovator of the free jazz movement, the saxophonist was a major influence for a generation of musicians. We’re remembering Coleman with a 1987 clip from the Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany. Coleman’s band includes two bassists – Jamaaladeen Tacuma and...