The best Ornette Coleman’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Ornette Coleman’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Ornette Coleman.
Chappaqua
6.3/10
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
Ornette: Made in America
7/10
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
7.5/10
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes uses his 80th birthday concert to look into the man and his music.
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
8.2/10
A journey in sound through the unusual life and career of jazz legend Charles Lloyd. Lloyd's own voice, and those who worked with him over the last five decades help us discover and better understand this enigmatic man and his spiritual pursuit through music.
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time & Pat Metheny: Live in Montreal
