Denardo Coleman
Encyclopedia
Denardo Ornette Coleman is an American jazz
drummer. He is the son of Ornette Coleman
and Jayne Cortez
.
Denardo Coleman began playing drums at age six; his first appearance on record was on his father's 1966 album The Empty Foxhole
; Ornette later featured Denardo on many of his releases, and he played as a member of Ornette's Prime Time
ensemble in the 1970s. He also worked with his mother in the band The Firespitters, and has played with Geri Allen
, Pat Metheny
, James Blood Ulmer, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma
.
Coleman has also done extensive work as a producer, including on albums by both of his parents.
With J. Cortez & the Firespitters
With James Blood Ulmer
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer. He is the son of Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
and Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez is an American poet, and performance artist.-Biography:She grew up in California. She is the author of ten books of poems and performer of her poetry with music on nine recordings. Her voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic, dynamic innovations in lyricism, and visceral...
.
Denardo Coleman began playing drums at age six; his first appearance on record was on his father's 1966 album The Empty Foxhole
The Empty Foxhole
The Empty Foxhole is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Blue Note label in 1967. The album features Coleman's untutored violin and trumpet as well as performing on his usual instrument, the alto saxophone, and marks the recording debut of his son...
; Ornette later featured Denardo on many of his releases, and he played as a member of Ornette's Prime Time
Prime Time
Prime Time is an Irish news analysis, current affairs and politics programme. It is broadcast on RTÉ One on Tuesday and Thursday nights between 21:30 and 22:10. It is currently presented by Miriam O'Callaghan, who has presented the programme since its commencement in 1996...
ensemble in the 1970s. He also worked with his mother in the band The Firespitters, and has played with Geri Allen
Geri Allen
Geri Allen is an American composer/pianist educator jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette,...
, Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
, James Blood Ulmer, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
-External links:*...
.
Coleman has also done extensive work as a producer, including on albums by both of his parents.
As sideman
With Ornette ColemanOrnette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
- The Empty FoxholeThe Empty FoxholeThe Empty Foxhole is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Blue Note label in 1967. The album features Coleman's untutored violin and trumpet as well as performing on his usual instrument, the alto saxophone, and marks the recording debut of his son...
(Blue Note, 1967) - Ornette at 12Ornette at 12Ornette at 12 is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Impulse! label in 1969. Although ostensibly a studio album you can clearly hear audience applause during and after the end of the tracks.-Reception:...
(Impulse!, 1968) - CrisisCrisis (Ornette Coleman album)Crisis is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded at New York University in 1969 and released on the Impulse! label.-Reception:...
(Impulse!, 1969) - Of Human FeelingsOf Human Feelings- Side A :# "Sleep Talk" – 3:34# "Jump Street" – 4:24# "Him and Her" – 4:20# "Air Ship" – 6:11- Side B :# "What is the Name of That Song?" – 3:58# "Job Mob" – 4:57# "Love Words" – 2:54# "Times Square" – 6:03-Personnel:*Denardo Coleman – Drums...
(Antilles, 1979) - Song XSong XSong X is a free jazz album by Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman. It was recorded in three days in December 1985 and released in March 1986...
(Geffen, 1985) with Pat MethenyPat MethenyPatrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects... - In All LanguagesIn All LanguagesIn All Languages is a 1987 double album by Ornette Coleman. Coleman and the other members of his 1950s quartet, trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins, performed on one of the two records, while his electrified ensemble, Prime Time, performed on the other...
(Caravan of Dreams, 1987) - Tone DialingTone Dialing (album)Tone Dialing is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in 1995 and released on the Harmelodic/Verve label.-Reception:...
(Harmelodic/Verve, 1995) - Sound Museum: Hidden ManSound Museum: Hidden ManSound Museum: Hidden Man is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in 1996 and released on the Harmolodic/Verve label.-Reception:...
(Harmolodic/Verve, 1996) - Sound Museum: Three WomenSound Museum: Three WomenSound Museum: Three Women is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in 1996 and released on the Harmolodic/Verve label.-Reception:...
(Harmolodic/Verve, 1996) - Sound GrammarSound GrammarSound Grammar is an album by jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded live in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on 14 October 2005. The album was produced by Ornette Coleman and Michaela Deiss, and released on Coleman's new Sound Grammar label. It is his first new album in almost a decade,...
(Sound Grammar, 2006)
With J. Cortez & the Firespitters
- Taking the Blues Back Home (Virgin, 1996)
- Borders of Disorderly Time with Bobby BradfordBobby BradfordBobby Lee Bradford is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. He is noted for his work with Ornette Coleman...
, Frank LoweFrank LoweFrank Lowe was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone and then moved to San Francisco...
, Al MacDowell, James Blood Ulmer, Charnett MoffettCharnett MoffettCharnett Moffett is an American jazz musician who plays piccolo bass, double bass and bass guitar.Moffett's given name was created as a combination of that of his father and that of Ornette Coleman...
, Bern NixBern NixBern Nix is a jazz guitarist. He has recorded and performed with Ornette Coleman, notably playing alongside fellow guitarist Charlie Ellerbee in Coleman's Prime Time group on their key recordings from Dancing in Your Head in the mid-1970 to In All Languages in 1987.He has released CDs including ...
(Bola Press, 2003)
With James Blood Ulmer
- Tales of Captain BlackTales of Captain BlackTales of Captain Black is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer featuring Ornette Coleman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Denardo Coleman recorded in 1978 and originally released on the Artists House label....
(Artists House, 1975)