Cecil Taylor, RIP -- April 6, 2018

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I was sad to learn that poet, pianist and composer Cecil Taylor has died.  He played free jazz before Ornette Coleman.

Ornette Coleman, RIP -- June 13, 2015

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Ornette Coleman died.  I took The Art of the Improvisers out of the Anza Branch Library when I was in grammar school and it expanded my mind. Among the tunes was "Moon Inhabitants."