Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music. false 2025-11-07 18:56:22 0 Jazz 118785 169c0d1b-fcb8-4a43-9097-829aa7b39205 /media/data/media5/Music/Ornette Coleman/folder.jpg /media/data/media5/Music/Ornette Coleman/backdrop.jpg /media/data/media5/Music/Ornette Coleman/fanart.jpg 1962 2020