12 Stylish Ornette Coleman LP Covers

Ornette Coleman was a giant of jazz, an innovator and style icon who was a force in music and culture for over 50 years. He passed away June 11 at the age of 85. Here’s a collection of a dozen of his coolest and most stylish LP covers.

Many of the covers in this collection came from London Jazz Collector.

(Above): Tomorrow Is the Question! (1959)

This Is Our Music (1960)

Ornette! (1961)

The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

New York Is Now! (1968)

Dancing in Your Head (1976)

Something Else!!!! (1958)

Change of the Century (1959)

Love Call (1968)

Free Jazz (1960)

Ornette on Tenor (1962)

Ornette at 12 (1969), with son Denardo.