Anthony Braxton, Don Byron and not fitting stereotypes

Anthony Braxton is one of the great living composers still working today. In Japan he would be classified as a Living Treasure,though in America we have American Idol and People Magazine to suit such purposes.His Body of work is so vast and breathtaking that Stravinsky comes to mind,[also for its dissonant public reaction] as a peer. His Ghost Trance music is riveting and beautiful, and Im hoping to hear the Mosaic Box very very soon....Don Byron, though not yet in Braxtons compositional league, is on his way there. Byrons' work output is varied and lovely and new, refusing to be cornered by pre-conceptions and the status quo who dig their heels in and squeal"thats not jazz!" or some such bullshit.I would love to hear Don Byron tackle Messiaens seminal Quartet for the End of Time ,his ear is such that it would alight on new variances and nuances that I have not heard Here's to two brilliant men ,unafraid of their contemporaries squawking,who have hewed a path strewn with beauty and edge. I, for one, am most grateful...