McClintic Sphere is a character in "
V[?]" by
Thomas Pynchon. There is 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[?] (or
Ed Blackwell[?]?) around
1960. Sphere is Ornette. Sphere is also
Thelonious Monk's middle name.