Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation

by Jack Kerouac

Overview

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.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2024
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602465695120

Tracks

1. San Francisco Scene
2. Medley: San Francisco Blues [Fragments]
3. Lucien Midnight: The Sounds Of The Universe In My Window
4. History Of Bop
5. The Subterraneans
6. Visions Of Neal (Neal & The Three Stooges)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jack Kerouac   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

John Cohen   Photography
Richard Seidel   Executive Producer
Michael Lang   Supervisor
Allen Ginsberg   Liner Notes
Bill Randle   Producer
Ben Young   Research,Restoration
Jack Kerouac   Composer
Robert Silverberg   Production Assistant
Nichell Delvaille   Design Coordinator
Aric Lach Morrison   Production Coordination
Fred Meyer   Mastering