hoist the jazz flag

Three views of Ornette and Denardo Coleman during Coleman’s The Empty Foxhole session, Englewood Cliffs NJ, September 9 1966 (photos by Francis Wolff)

Freddie Hubbard famously commented in a Down Beat Blindfold Test that Denardo the drummer sounded “like a little kid fooling around.” 

Two views of Ornette Coleman during his New York Is Now! session, Englewood Cliffs NJ, April 29 1968

Ornette Coleman, Bologna Italy, 1969 (photo by Roberto Polillo)

Ornette Coleman, Bologna Italy, 1969 (photo by Roberto Polillo)

Ornette Coleman during the recording of Coleman’s The Empty Foxhole, September 9, 1966 — Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Ornette Coleman during the recording of Coleman’s The Empty Foxhole, September 9, 1966 — Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Charlie Haden during the recording of Ornette Coleman’s The Empty Foxhole, September 9 1966 — Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (photo by Francis Wolff)

Charlie Haden during the recording of Ornette Coleman’s The Empty Foxhole, September 9 1966 — Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (photo by Francis Wolff)