Ornette Coleman's Meltdown 2009 Trailer

SATURDAY 13 SUNDAY 21 JUNE, SOUTHBANK CENTRE, LONDON

Free jazz legend and icon of the avant-garde Ornette Coleman will take over
Southbank Centres riverside venues and spaces as the 16th director of Meltdown. Reflecting the
restless, unfettered spirit of this years director, Meltdown in 2009 will provide a platform for avantrockers,
jazz and world music artists alike - giving free reign to reinvention, improvisation and the
collaborative concerts Meltdown is renowned for.
Artists confirmed so far to appear in Ornette Colemans free-spirited Meltdown are: Yoko Ono
Plastic Ono Band, Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Moby, The Roots, The Master Musicians of
Jajouka and Bachir Attar, Patti Smith, The Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra, David
Murray, Gwo-Ka Masters, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Baaba Maal, Yo La Tengo, Bobby McFerrin,
Charlie Hadens Liberation Music Orchestra, Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt and The Bad Plus.
As well as having the chance to experience a wide spectrum of artists influenced by Coleman,
audiences will get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Ornette Coleman himself
performing some of the music that set the world alight in the late 1950s, on the stage of the Royal
Festival Hall on Friday 19 and Sunday 21 June.

More info and tickets www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown

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• Free jazz
• Ornette Coleman
• Southbank Centre
• Meltdown
• Sean Lennon
• Cornelius
• Moby
• The Roots
• Patti Smith
• David Murray
• Gwo-Ka Masters
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma
• Baaba Maal
• Yo La Tengo
• Bobby McFerrin
• Carla Bley
• Robert Wyatt
• The Bad Plus
• Royal Festival Hall