The great bass player, dead at 76, began his
career with Ornette Coleman’s rambunctious jazz quartets and then spent
his life expanding our idea of American music.
With his death on Friday at the age of 76 (after a prolonged struggle with POST-POLIO SYNDROME), America has lost one of its most seminal musicians.
With his death on Friday at the age of 76 (after a prolonged struggle with POST-POLIO SYNDROME), America has lost one of its most seminal musicians.
