McClintic Sphere
McClintic Sphere is a fictional character in the novel V. by Thomas Pynchon.
Sphere is an innovative saxophone player modeled on Ornette Coleman,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> though Sphere is also Thelonious Monk's middle name.
V. contains a description of a gig in Greenwich Village, possibly at the Five Spot, based on the Ornette Coleman Quartet with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins around 1960.