Ornette Coleman
Saxophonist
Free jazz saxophonist who won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Pulitzer Prize for his album Sound Grammar in 2007.
He was kicked out of the school band for adding his own flair to the music.
His timbre is recognized for its keening and crying blues sound.
He married Jayne Cortez in 1954 and they had one child together.
He was the sixteenth recipient of the Miles Davis Award.