Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation
Jack Kerouac
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San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation) | Jack Kerouac | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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San Francisco Blues (Fragments) | Jack Kerouac | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lucien Midnight: The Sounds of the Universe in My Window | Jack Kerouac | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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History of Bop | Jack Kerouac | 10:59 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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The Subterraneans | Jack Kerouac | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges | Jack Kerouac | 16:59 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
Album Review
Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation was the culmination of the author's short-lived recording career, a solo performance that transcends poetry and music — it's literally spoken jazz, the artist improvising freely on the printed text of his own work in front of him. Produced by Bill Randle, it was Kerouac's most musical performance, despite the fact that the recording contained only his voice and no accompaniment, using his voice and language the way a saxophonist might improvise on a particular melodic line or riff. He's spellbinding throughout, intense, focused, and even subtly changing voices with the work itself. [Reissued in Rhino's Jack Kerouac Collection with a bonus track consisting of an excerpt from a 1958 forum on the existence of the "Beat Generation," held at Hunter College in New York.]
Customer Reviews
The Greatest poet.
To here him with no music behind it is a rare treat. He read's it like he write's it. The best buy on ITUNE'S but that's just my opinion. Iv'e heard a few to many people reading his work, so hearing him give's me goose bump's.
The Best
What can you say but the greatest? So nice to hear the man reading his words in his own voice. A must for all fans.
Apostrophe's are r'eally difficult
I think Jack knew how to use 'em. Not sure.
Biography
Born: March 12, 1922 in Lowell, MA
Genre: Spoken Word
Years Active: '50s
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- $9.99
- Genres: Spoken Word, Music, Soundtrack
- Released: Oct 28, 1997
- ℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
