Editing Ornette Coleman (section)

===1970s–1990s: Harmolodic funk and Prime Time===
[[File:Ornette Coleman-140911-0002-96WP.jpg|thumb|upright|Coleman playing his signature alto saxophone in 1971]]
[[File:Ornette Coleman 1978.jpg|thumb|Coleman playing the violin in 1978]]
Coleman, like Miles Davis before him, soon took to playing with electric instruments. The 1976 album ''[[Dancing in Your Head]]'', Coleman's first recording with the group which later became known as [[Prime Time (band)|Prime Time]], prominently featured two electric guitarists. While this marked a stylistic departure for Coleman, the music retained aspects of what he called [[harmolodics]]''.''

[[File:Ornette at The Forum 1982.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Coleman performs in [[Toronto]] in 1982.]]
[[File:Ornette Coleman trumpet.jpg|thumb|left|Coleman playing the trumpet at the [[Great American Music Hall]], [[San Francisco]] in 1981]]
Coleman's 1980s albums with Prime Time such as ''[[Virgin Beauty]]'' and ''[[Of Human Feelings]]'' continued to use rock and funk rhythms in a style sometimes called [[free funk]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMZMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA146 |title=Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience |first1=Kwame Anthony |last1=Appiah |author-link=Kwame Anthony Appiah|author2=Henry Louis Gates Jr.|author2-link=Henry Louis Gates Jr.|date=March 16, 2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=March 18, 2017|isbn=9780195170559 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd82AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1980 |title=The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century |first1=Joachim-Ernst |last1=Berendt |first2=Günther |last2=Huesmann |date=August 1, 2009 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |access-date=March 18, 2017 |isbn=9781613746042 }}</ref> [[Jerry Garcia]] played guitar on three tracks on ''Virgin Beauty'': "Three Wishes", "Singing in the Shower", and "Desert Players". Coleman joined the [[Grateful Dead]] on stage in 1993 during "Space" and stayed for "The Other One", "Stella Blue", [[Bobby Bland]]'s "Turn on Your Lovelight", and the encore "Brokedown Palace".<ref name=Deadbase>{{cite book |title=DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists |last=Scott |first=John W. |author2=Dolgushkin, Mike |author3=Nixon, Stu |year=1999 |publisher=DeadBase |location=Cornish, New Hampshire |isbn=1-877657-22-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/gd93-02-23.sbd.hall.1611.sbeok.shnf |title=Grateful Dead Live at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on 1993-02-23 |work=Internet Archive|date=February 23, 1993 }}</ref>

In December 1985, Coleman and guitarist [[Pat Metheny]] recorded ''[[Song X]].''

[[File:Ornette Coleman.jpg|thumb|right| Coleman plays his [[Henri Selmer Paris|Selmer]] alto saxophone (with low A) at [[The Hague]] in 1994.]]

In 1990, the city of [[Reggio Emilia]], Italy, held a three-day "Portrait of the Artist" festival in Coleman's honor, in which he performed with Cherry, Haden, and Higgins. The festival also presented performances of his chamber music and ''Skies of America''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/quartet-reunion-1990-ornette-coleman-solo-piano-publications-review-by-aaji-staff.php? |title=Ornette Coleman: Quartet Reunion 1990 |website=AllAboutJazz.com |date=January 10, 2011 |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> In 1991, Coleman played on the soundtrack of [[David Cronenberg]]'s film ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''; the orchestra was conducted by [[Howard Shore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/naked-lunch-music-from-the-original-soundtrack-mw0000274736 |title=Howard Shore / Ornette Coleman / London Philharmonic Orchestra: Naked Lunch [Music from the Original Soundtrack] |website=AllMusic |last=Mills |first=Ted |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> Coleman released four records in 1995 and 1996, and for the first time in many years worked regularly with piano players ([[Geri Allen]] and [[Joachim Kühn]]).