http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2015/06/ornette_coleman_s_influence_on_punk_rock_and_hip_hop_how_the_jazz_great.html

The jazz world came out last week to mourn the loss of Ornette Coleman, the  saxophonist, band leader, and composer, who died on Thursday at the age of 85. Coleman was lauded as a rule-breaker and visionary who, despite initially hostile reactions from many of his peers, moved jazz past bebop conventions and into the “free” explorations of the 1960s and beyond.