Ornette Coleman
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Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer who helped launch the free jazz movement with his innovative, harmolodic approach to improvisation and composition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ornette Coleman canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4881249 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ornette Coleman Context triple: [Steve Reid, collaboratedWith, Ornette Coleman]
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A.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer whose innovative work in bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz profoundly shaped the course of modern jazz.
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B.
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet renowned as a pioneering figure in avant-garde and free jazz, celebrated for his highly percussive, complex, and improvisational playing style.
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C.
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his avant-garde style and politically charged works in the 1960s and beyond.
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D.
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins is a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist renowned for his powerful improvisations, influential recordings, and major contributions to the development of modern jazz.
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E.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ornette Coleman Target entity description: Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer who helped launch the free jazz movement with his innovative, harmolodic approach to improvisation and composition.
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A.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer whose innovative work in bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz profoundly shaped the course of modern jazz.
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B.
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet renowned as a pioneering figure in avant-garde and free jazz, celebrated for his highly percussive, complex, and improvisational playing style.
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C.
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his avant-garde style and politically charged works in the 1960s and beyond.
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D.
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins is a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist renowned for his powerful improvisations, influential recordings, and major contributions to the development of modern jazz.
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E.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Billy Higgins
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Haden NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewey Redman NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Cherry NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Blackwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Metheny NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
NERFINISHED
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Praemium Imperiale NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-06-11 ⓘ |
| familyName | Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
composition
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improvisation ⓘ music ⓘ |
| fullName | Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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free jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| givenName |
Denard
NERFINISHED
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Ornette NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albert Ayler
NERFINISHED
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Anthony Braxton NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Dolphy NERFINISHED ⓘ John Zorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Metheny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ violin ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | free jazz movement ⓘ |
| notableConcept | harmolodics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Change of the Century
NERFINISHED
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Dancing in Your Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation NERFINISHED ⓘ Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Skies of America NERFINISHED ⓘ Something Else!!!! NERFINISHED ⓘ Song X NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound Grammar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shape of Jazz to Come NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Our Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomorrow Is the Question! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Fort Worth, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
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Blue Note Records ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ornette Coleman Description of subject: Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer who helped launch the free jazz movement with his innovative, harmolodic approach to improvisation and composition.
Referenced by (11)
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