Yoko Ono is tagged as: experimental, avant-garde, female vocalists, alternative, japanese Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist who is most widely known for her relationship with John Lennon of The Beatles. When Yoko first met John Lennon, she was an artist exhibiting in the UK. Working with artist group Fluxus throughout the 1960s, Ono was a pioneer in the burgeoning conceptual art movement which included work in sculpture, performance, filmmaking and music. Ono collaborated with experimental luminaries such as John Cage and jazz legend Ornette Coleman. In 1961, years before meeting Lennon, she had her first major public performance in a concert at the 258-seat Carnegie Recital Hall (not the larger “Main Hall”). This concert featured radical experimental music and performances. She had a second engagement at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1965, in which she debuted “Cut Piece,” a seminal performance within the conceptual art movement. After John Lennon left the Beatles, the two artists collaborated on music together - working together on very different projects all underneath the umbrella of “Plastic Ono Band.” In 1971, Yoko Ono began to release a number of solo records. Fly - a double album that helped make her known for her caterwalling vocals. She also released two other, more conventional, albums during this time - Approximately I... Read More About Yoko Ono Biography...  Send Yoko Ono ringtones to your cell
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