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Ornette Coleman: change of the 4/5 of a century.
Ornette Coleman is 80 today. We must celebrate the fact that he's still with us, making life-changing music. Hooray for Ornette!
Here's a sampling of what NPR has done recently about Ornette Coleman:
—Ashley Kahn's profile at age 76
—Farai Chideya's interview, also a few years back
—Last year, Lars and I came up with this primer to his recordings. The tone was less than serious; the music a different story.
—Reportage from when Coleman won his Pulitzer
—Kevin Whitehead reviews the reissue of Song X
—Coleman's Change Of The Century is discussed for NPR's Basic Jazz Record Library
—Talking about the song "Only Once"
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