How did the jazz community react to Ornette Coleman's ideas?

a. his ideas were immediately embraced and imitated
b. they viewed his ideas as far too radical and strange
c. there was a mixture of reactions; some hailed him as a genius, whereas others denounced him
d. no one took much notice of Ornette Coleman's music


c

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