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Name
  
Denardo Coleman


Role
  
Drummer

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Parents
  
Ornette Coleman, Jayne Cortez

Grandparents
  
Randolph Coleman, Rosa Coleman

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Denardo Ornette Coleman (born April 19, 1956) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of Ornette Coleman and Jayne Cortez.

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Biography

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Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1956, Denardo Coleman began playing drums at the age of six. His first appearance on record was on his father's 1966 album The Empty Foxhole, with Charlie Haden on bass. Haden said of Denardo's playing on that recording: "He’s going to startle every drummer who hears him." Denardo also featured on his father's later releases, including Ornette at 12 (1968) and Crisis (1969), and 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.

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Coleman has also done extensive work as a producer, including on albums by both of his parents.

As sideman

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With Ornette Coleman

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  • The Empty Foxhole (Blue Note, 1967)
  • Ornette at 12 (Impulse!, 1968)
  • Crisis (Impulse!, 1969)
  • Of Human Feelings (Antilles, 1979)
  • Song X (Geffen, 1985) with Pat Metheny
  • Prime Design/Time Design (Caravan of Dreams, 1985)
  • In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)
  • Tone Dialing (Harmelodic/Verve, 1995)
  • Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Harmolodic/Verve, 1996)
  • Sound Museum: Three Women (Harmolodic/Verve, 1996)
  • Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar, 2006)

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    With Jayne Cortez & the Firespitters

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  • Taking the Blues Back Home (Virgin, 1996)
  • Borders of Disorderly Time with Bobby Bradford, Frank Lowe, Al MacDowell, James Blood Ulmer, Charnett Moffett, Bern Nix, T. K. Blue, Alex Harding (Bola Press, 2003)
  • With James Blood Ulmer

  • Tales of Captain Black (Artists House, 1978)
  • With Pat Metheny

  • Song X (Nonesuch, 1985)
  • With Charnett Moffett

  • Treasure (King Japan, 2010)
  • References

    Denardo Coleman Wikipedia