Apr 17 2007

Ornette Coleman Wins A Pulitzer Prize

Published by Jason Crane at 10:52 am under Jazz, Music

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar, 2006). In a rare move, the Pulitzer committee chose someone who wasn’t nominated.

NPR has the story and audio selections from the album.

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