Avant-garde jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 85, his family told the New York Times on Thursday. Coleman's lengthy improvisational suites inspired the "free jazz" movement of the 1960s, and his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation gave the genre its name. Early in his career, Coleman's disdain for traditional chords and melody made him a pariah in the mid-century jazz scene, to the point that he was once beaten outside a club in Los Angeles. (His saxophone was smashed in the assault, and its replacement, a white plastic sax, soon became his trademark.) "I don't know what he's playing, but it's not jazz," Dizzy Gillespie told the press during Coleman's career-making residency at New York's Five Spot Café, while Miles Davis claimed, "The man is all screwed up inside." The residency, along with Coleman's groundbreaking album The Shape of Jazz to...
- 6/11/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
The Curb Your Enthusiasm star says British comedy was his touchstone. Now he's about to try out his mix of personal pathos and vulgarity on audiences here. He just hopes they get him
'If you react poorly to something, we will discuss it." With the roguish affability native to his unscrupulous Curb Your Enthusiasm character – Jeff Greene, manager and accomplice to Larry David – Jeff Garlin addresses the crowd at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Hollywood's improvisation hotspot. It's one of a flurry of appearances to fine tune the act for his run of shows at London's Soho Theatre, and he relishes the ridiculousness of inviting the audience to trash it as he performs. No one takes him up on the offer – they are all enjoying themselves too much.
Garlin is noticeably slimmer than his blobular Curb physique, the result of a "get lean and go green" campaign detailed in his 2010 memoir...
'If you react poorly to something, we will discuss it." With the roguish affability native to his unscrupulous Curb Your Enthusiasm character – Jeff Greene, manager and accomplice to Larry David – Jeff Garlin addresses the crowd at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Hollywood's improvisation hotspot. It's one of a flurry of appearances to fine tune the act for his run of shows at London's Soho Theatre, and he relishes the ridiculousness of inviting the audience to trash it as he performs. No one takes him up on the offer – they are all enjoying themselves too much.
Garlin is noticeably slimmer than his blobular Curb physique, the result of a "get lean and go green" campaign detailed in his 2010 memoir...
- 6/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.