Probably the only classical composer to have a mountain named after him (Mount Messiaen, Utah, 1978), Messiaen is among the most strikingly individual of 20th-century composers. Probably the only ...

If you check out every musician that Naked City ever thanked, covered or paid tribute to, you'll discover Ives, Messiaen, Debussy, Morricone, Mancini, John Barry, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus ...