John Cage was very influential.  After watchng this, I'm sure you will see why.

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Ornette Coleman is dead. Arguably, the most influential jazz musician in later days, Ornette was a sincere pain in the ass to listen to. Up there with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane, Coleman did not play the saxophone so much as he played the Ornette. Listening to NPR, "FRESH AIR." Ornette died at the age of 85 of cardiac ( Read more... )