Another jazzman packs his case and takes the final gig...

[orange]

Ornette Coleman has passed away at age 85.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsu...35/ornette-coleman-jazz-iconoclast-dies-at-85

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornette_Coleman

 

[MarkWComer]

Perhaps we should start an obituary thread...

Sir Christopher Lee passed away Sunday, best known for the Dracula movies from Hammer Studios in England.

 

[62vauxhall]

I saw Ornette Coleman in 1980/81 at jazz room in Vancouver. Long gone now, it was underneath a small hotel on Burrard Street. My ex-brother in law (I divorced him) was a sax player and a fan so he took me along. He said Ornette used that dark, artistic substance that starts with H and I have to say, he did not open his eyes once while he played.