Jack Kerouac – Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation (LP Vinyl)
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Kerouac recorded for Verve in the late 1950s at a moment when the boundaries between jazz and literature were genuinely porous, and Beat writers and bebop musicians moved in the same circles, shared the same rooms. His spoken word sessions weren't performance poetry in the modern sense; they were something closer to improvisation, rooted in the same spontaneous compositional instinct he described in his prose. This is the document where that instinct comes through most fully.
Vinyl LP pressing. In his third and final album, recorded ahead of the publication of his novel, Doctor Sax, Kerouac uses his voice as an instrument, weaving his words inside of patterns and percussive accents, the way a horn player solos over the changes of a well-known standard. The set is presented with an immense focus and energy to keep the listener engaged for a full 40 minutes. The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 602465695120
Label: Verve
Release Date: 12.6.24
Format: LP Vinyl