- Jimmy Katz
- Ornette Coleman
Like many of us, I woke up to the sad news that saxophonist, composer, and visionary Ornette Coleman had died at the age of 85 from cardiac arrest. By this point in the day proper obituaries have been circulating widely and I feel no need to rehash the details of his life here. Apart from sharing opinions, I try to keep myself out of my music writing, but without Coleman there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be writing about music at all: I’m hardly alone in saying that his music and thinking changed my life.
Today’s playlist:
