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And the most unlikely of them all, "Pretend It's the End of the World," by saxophonist Bryan Murray, explores the conjunction of Merle Haggard and Ornette Coleman.
Jazz Finds a Country Home Will Friedwald 2011
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It could be dissected and juggled, as practised by Ornette Coleman, or it could turn up in the rock music of Frank Zappa or Steely Dan.
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Hagans explores the jagged recesses of Ornette Coleman's influence on his music with
Ralph A. Miriello: Tim Hagans' The Moon Is Waiting Ralph A. Miriello 2011
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"It's like playing an Ornette Coleman tune, where you have no changes and can just open up," he said.
Jazz Finds a Country Home Will Friedwald 2011
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As with other forms of jazz, the music heard in 16 years of weeklong Vision events can't be contained under a single verbal umbrella: Ornette Coleman called this music "free jazz" 50 years ago, but even he stopped using that phrase.
A Last Weekend of Virtuosos and Visionaries Will Friedwald 2011
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Hagans explores the jagged recesses of Ornette Coleman's influence on his music with
Ralph A. Miriello: Tim Hagans' The Moon Is Waiting Ralph A. Miriello 2011
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Hagans explores the jagged recesses of Ornette Coleman's influence on his music with
Ralph A. Miriello: Tim Hagans' The Moon Is Waiting Ralph A. Miriello 2011
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From there, the set was exemplary postmodern mischief and mayhem; like the best of Ornette Coleman , Ms. Scheinman starts with simple tunes and elaborates with improvisations that are translucently direct and easy to follow—a Bill Frisell-inspired sonic mold of bordertown folk-jazz.
Making Musical Mischief Will Friedwald 2011
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Hagans explores the jagged recesses of Ornette Coleman's influence on his music with
Ralph A. Miriello: Tim Hagans' The Moon Is Waiting Ralph A. Miriello 2011
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This 45-acre estate, once a Catskills resort and now a dance-and-theater academy, was the third and final home of Creative Music Studio, founded in 1971 by Mr. Berger; his wife, Ingrid Sertso; and saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
Preserving an Upstate Jazz Incubator Larry Blumenfeld 2011
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