Ornette Coleman

Sound

Born: 1930-03-09
Died: 2015-06-11
From: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman

Biography

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.

Awards & Nominations9 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Music

Sound Grammar

2007
🏆 Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

2007
🏆 Won

Praemium Imperiale

2001
🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

1994
🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1974
🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1967
🏆 Won

NEA Jazz Masters

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate from Columbia University

🏆 Won

Paul Acket Award