5 Visionaries.
5) Moondog
Moondog ā Bird's Lament (1969) You don't need eyes to see far.
And Louis Thomas Hardin saw far. Philosopher, poet, musician, inventor; the "viking of sixth avenue" could not tolerate fences, walls, rules, and uncomfortable clothing.
He created unheard music (in the sense of never heard before), a blend of jazz, Western classical music, Native American chants, children's nursery rhymes, street sounds...
Minimalism, exotica, world music, noise music, avant-garde, before any of these terms had meaning and without anyone being able to define them.
In essence, it was just folk music of humanity, popular music for people without identity.
And since this music had never existed before, he had to invent the instruments to play it: the trimba, the Ooo-ya-tsu, and many others.
And he played it on the street because, if you truly have something to say, you want to tell it to people one by one, looking them in the face.
Even if you can't see them.
Dedicated to Stephen Hawking, who traveled the infinite Universe trapped in a wheelchair just as Louis Thomas gazed into the depths of the human soul without needing eyes.
