Experiencing Ornette Coleman by Michael Stephans - 9781442249622

Name: Experiencing Ornette Coleman by Michael Stephans - 9781442249622
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Experiencing Ornette ColemanA Listener's Companion\nAuthor(s): Michael Stephans\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781442249622, 978-1442249622\nSynopsis\nSaxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Ornette Coleman, along with pianist Cecil Taylor, was one of the founding forces of the Free Jazz movement which took the music world by storm in the 1950s and 60s. His brilliance as an instrumentalist at first positioned him as a polarizing figure, but eventually brought him recognition as an American original and international jazz treasure.\n\nJazz drummer Michael Stephans explores the personal challenges Coleman faced, the music he created from one decade to the next, and the incredibly positive attitude he maintained in the face of so much negativity throughout his life. Revealing how Coleman became an iconic, enigmatic figure not only in jazz, but in much of contemporary improvisational.