Memories

If we had to name just one concert by Ornette Coleman, it would be the one given at Vienne on 3 July 2008. This was his last visit here before his death in 2015. The emotion and the interaction with the audience were so strong that Ornette had trouble leaving the stage. The musician who had had so many difficulties getting his music accepted and who was for so long rejected by the wider public, experienced a consecration on this July evening that visibly moved him.