Funeral Service for Ornette Coleman to Be Held 6/27 at Riverside Church

By: Jun. 20, 2015
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A funeral service for Ornette Coleman will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 11 a.m. at The Riverside Church, located at 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10027 (between W 122nd and W 120th streets).

Coleman, who passed away on June 11, 2015 at the age of 85, was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer.

He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the '60s.

The musician was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1994. His album SOUND GRAMMAR received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music.



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