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Coleman died last week at eighty-five. For nearly fifty years, Ornette Coleman was the philosopher king, the trickster, the barbarian at the gate, the prodigal son. Despite advancing years, his ideas remained so young and so wild that they were always carded at the door. A powerful, emotional, seemingly tireless sax player, he took inordinate […]

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Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman poses for a portrait holding his saxophone in circa 1959.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman poses for a portrait holding his saxophone in circa 1959. Jazz History, Ornette Coleman, Jazz Saxophonist, Free Jazz, Jazz Artists, Pulitzer Prize, Soul Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Miles Davis

America’s original art form is officially turning 100, but it was 58 years ago that jazz made its most ­spectacular leap, as legends from Miles Davis to Charles ­Mingus converged in New York City amid a whirlwind of ­social ­upheaval and creative ­competition. Now, as the lions of the scene hit their 90s, they tell it like it really was back in 1959: “There was a militancy that there isn’t now.”

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