Which Happened First?

Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman
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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. BarbaraJune 9, 1930 – November 24, 1997
  2. Jean GuillouApril 18, 1930 – January 26, 2019
  3. Lorin MaazelMarch 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014
  4. Ornette Coleman (this page)March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015
  5. Stephen SondheimMarch 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021
  6. Tōru TakemitsuOctober 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996

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