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Ornette Coleman

Right now, I’m trying to play the instrument, and I’m trying to write, without any restrictions of chord, keys, time, melody and harmony, but to resolve the idea eternally, where every person receives the same quality from it, without relating it to some person.

New York Times: Seeking the Mystical Inside the Music: Listening with Ornette Coleman.

Comments

I loved this article. It made me want to listen to a lot more of music than I have. And also go back and listen to The Shape of Jazz to Come a bunch of times.

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