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Coleman

[ kohl-muhn ]

noun

  1. Cy Seymour Kaufman, 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
  2. Or·nette [awr-, net], 1930–2015, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
  3. a male given name.


Coleman

/ ˈkəʊlmən /

noun

  1. ColemanOrnette1930MUSMUSIC: jazz alto saxophonist Ornette (ɔːˈnɛt). born 1930, US avant-garde jazz alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist


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Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.

That day, Jesse Coleman, a 12-year-old black boy, and his older brother and sister were walking back to their home in Dorchester.

“You got the wrong number for that,” Det. Johnson told her colleague, Coleman, over the phone while I fed her questions.

And only until the case can be passed on to an East St. Louis detective, Carlos Coleman.

Only at this black college did the students talk of Bird and Ornette Coleman, and especially of Coltrane.

"You have received some bad news, I am afraid," said Coleman.

"Let me ring for the ladies," said Mr. Coleman, moving towards the bell.

"Do so," replied Coleman, making a vigorous attack upon the fire.

"The first thing is to find out a good word," returned Coleman.

"'In everything your will shall be law,'" continued Coleman, writing.

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