Tag: Ornette Coleman
Obituary jazz pioneer Karl Berger: The escape – culture
From Andrian Kreye Karl Berger is dead, who was everything possible: pianist, vibraphonist, composer, music teacher. Above all, however, he was one of the pioneers who turned jazz into a…
Jazz column – a new box set with Ornette Coleman records – culture
When Ornette Coleman had his first New York engagement at the Five Spot Café in 1959, it was a ten-week must-see for the city’s cultural elite. Intellectuals like James Baldwin…