Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 70.

Mr. Johnson’s sister Susan Lee Johnson said the cause was complications of aspiration pneumonia. Mr. Johnson had also been diagnosed with lung cancer in May 2021.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/arts/music/scott-johnson-dead.html

In article <517e1f46-6283-4840-9e0d-fbafac9a3caen@googlegroups.com>,
Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style
>involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres
>of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 70.
>
>Mr. Johnsons sister Susan Lee Johnson said the cause was complications
>of aspiration pneumonia. Mr. Johnson had also been diagnosed with lung
>cancer in May 2021.

Interestngly, this is tied in with the recent death of Daniel Dennett:

* Eight years earlier, Mr. Dennett's views on evolutionary biology and
* religion were the subject of 'Mind Out of Matter,' a 75-minute-long
* musical composition by Scott Johnson performed in a seven-part concert at
* a theater in Montclair, N.J. The composer used recordings from Mr.
* Dennett's lectures and interviews.
I assume it is the same guy.

--
He continues to assert that 2 plus 2 equals 4, despite being repeatedly
told otherwise.