Ornette Coleman, RIP

Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015)


















Ornette Coleman: "Lonely Woman" (2006)


The Modern Jazz Quartet: "Lonely Woman"


John Lewis, Ornette Coleman, Jim Hall, Scot LaFaro: "Abstraction"


Ornette Coleman Quartet: "Abstraction"


Downbeat obituary
JazzTimes obituary and links
from Cadence: 1987 interview with Coleman (terrible background warning...highlight to read, I'd say).
previously on Sweet Freedom

Tempo International: "Ornette Coleman Trio" (1966)


1959: The Year That Changed Jazz (y'know, unlike every year, though it was an important one)


Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come


Ornette Coleman Double Quartet: Free Jazz


Ornette Coleman and the London Symphony Orchestra:  Skies of America


Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, with Jerry Garcia: "3 Wishes"

Ronnie Gilbert, RIP

Ronnie Gilbert, the sole female singer among the folk-music superstars the Weavers for all but their earliest formative days, and a solo artist, activist, actor and psychologist over the years since the band called it a day in 1964, died on Saturday, though I managed to not get the unfortunate update till seeing Jarry House's post just now.   Bruce Weber in the NY Times; Sing Out! hasn't managed to post their remembrance yet...

Ronnie Gilbert eulogizes her mother, 1985:


Ronnie Gilbert and Holly Near:  "Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida"


HARP: Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger: "Wimoweh" ("Mbube")


Ronnie Gilbert and Judy Collins: "Goodnight, Irene"


The Weavers: "Venga Jaleo"


Ronnie Gilbert: "Joe Hill"


The Weavers: "Sinner Man"


From Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers: "Union Miners"


The Weavers: "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"


Ronnie Gilbert with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra: "Trouble in Mind"


The Weavers: "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" among their 1951 promo films.