Which post-1960 creators built their own sonic worlds?
Of course this question is motivated by the passing of the great Lee Perry. Who else might make such an exclusive list? Note here we are not talking about whether you like the style, the melodies, or whatever. Did the creator come up with a fundamentally new way of organizing our musical universe? (Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, ABBA, many other notables don’t come close here, despite their considerable merits.) Here is the list off the top of my head:
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
Sun Ra (Monk I count as pre-1960?)
The Beatles
Brian Wilson
Hendrix and Led Zeppelin?
Rap and electronica, respectively, with arguments as to where the individual credit should go
Funk/JB/Sly/Fela
Brian Eno
Kraftwerk
Velvet Underground
Sex Pistols
Kevin Shields/My Bloody Valentine
Sonic Youth
Philip Glass
Steve Reich
LaMonte Young
Robert Ashley
Xenakis
And of course Lee Perry
Who cares what you like? I would say study them to learn music!
Who else? Kurt Cobain? The Byrds? Someone from MPB? Helmut Lachenmann? Sunn O)))? Others? Anyone else from psychedelic music? Post-1960 Stockhausen and Cage (or did they bloom earlier?)? Scelsi? Can? Bill Evans? Astral Weeks? What else?