Jack Kerouac Blues And Haikus Vinyl

A wildly uneven yet curious reissue of an impossibly rare album real gone music.

Jack kerouac blues and haikus vinyl.

Blues and haikus 1959 readings by jack kerouac on the beat generation 1960 professional ratings. Cult author and icon of the beat generation jack kerouac is probably lesser known for his musical excursions than his writings. Blues and haikus originally released on lp hanover lp 5006 october 1959. Blues and haikus featuring al cohn and zoot sims lp yellow starburst vinyl ltd just like his predecessor album poetry for the beat generation jack kerouac relies on the collaboration with producer bob thiele who first released this work on his douglas label in 1959 for his second album blues and haikus.

Vinyl limited edition april 6 2018 please retry 49 99 vinyl. Readings by jack kerouac on the beat generation originally released on lp verve lp 15005 january 1960. Blues and haikus is american novelist and poet jack kerouac s second album originally released in 1959 and long out of print on vinyl. It might best be referred to as spoken word but kerouac s choice of collaborators the talented tenor.

Blues haikus colored vinyl lp jack kerouac al cohn zoot sims currently unavailable. On the album kerouac s poetry readings are accompanied by jazz saxophonists al. The album largely consists of kerouac s spoken word poetry with zoot sims and al cohn providing a backdrop of sax and piano as a call and response to the words. Blues and haikus an album by jack kerouac.

Al cohn featured saxophone zoot sims featured saxophone bob thiele producer. The art soaked kicks filled life of jack kerouac produced three records and the second one blues and haikus found him in the studio with post bop saxophone mainstays al cohn and zoot sims. Certainly having read on the road i can honestly say i d never stumbled across any recordings he d made but this disc released back in 1959 is a revelation. The art soaked kicks filled life of jack kerouac produced three records and the second one blues and haikus found him in the studio with post bop saxophone mainstays al cohn and zoot sims.

While the record only sporadically attains the heights of its rather lofty ambitions it remains a fascinating document for it illuminates kerouac as an artist of beautiful if problematic vision. Released in october 1959 on hanover catalog no. Beat poetry jazz poetry.