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March 9 is the day America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci and free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman were born. It's also the day Bertha Knight Landes was elected mayor of Seattle, becoming the first female mayor of a major U.S. city.
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Free jazz might shove you a bit – or a lot – out of your comfort zone. Carl Pogue suggests that might not be such a bad thing.