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Ornette Coleman

1930 - 2015

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Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering works often abandoned the harmony-based composition, tonality, chord changes, and fixed rhythm found in earlier jazz idioms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ornette Coleman has received more than 1,313,142 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Ornette Coleman is the 287th most popular musician (up from 295th in 2019), the 1,668th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,605th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Musician.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ornette Coleman ranks 287 out of 2,662. Before him are Per Gessle, Clara Haskil, Alan Parsons, Will.i.am, Dave Mustaine, and Tiësto. After him are Igor Oistrakh, Sixto Rodriguez, Eric Carr, Charles Mingus, PJ Harvey, and Manu Dibango.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ornette Coleman ranks 98. Before him are Choe Yong-rim, Toru Takemitsu, Itamar Franco, Rod Taylor, Elza Soares, and Barbara. After him are Martin Karplus, Sławomir Mrożek, Hilderaldo Bellini, Robert Loggia, Son Sen, and José Sarney. Among people deceased in 2015, Ornette Coleman ranks 70. Before him are Gabriele Ferzetti, Setsuko Hara, Richard F. Heck, Cynthia Lennon, Geraldine McEwan, and Rod Taylor. After him are Jin Youzhi, Zhelyu Zhelev, Robert Loggia, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ornette Coleman ranks 1,668 out of 18,182. Before him are Will.i.am (1975), Don DeLillo (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Alan Kay (1940), Frank Stella (1936), and Lee Remick (1935). After him are William C. Durant (1861), Temple Grandin (1947), Matthew Perry (1969), Jennifer Grey (1960), Sonny Bono (1935), and Kenneth G. Wilson (1936).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ornette Coleman ranks 80. Before him are Eddie Cochran (1938), Art Tatum (1909), Sidney Bechet (1897), Beck (1970), Will.i.am (1975), and Dave Mustaine (1961). After him are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Eric Carr (1950), Charles Mingus (1922), Joe Jackson (1928), Count Basie (1904), and Glenn Frey (1948).

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