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- I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing,… — Paul Desmond
- At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no… — Thelonious Monk
- Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to… — Paul Bley
- I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently… — Miles Davis
- I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I… — Roy Eldridge
- Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,… — John Lewis
- Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts. — Thelonious Monk
- When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil… — Lou Reed
- The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. — Pat Metheny
- I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play. — Lou Reed