Album US 1959 on Hanover label
Jazz and Spoken Word (Free Jazz, Spoken Word)
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, vindicates Cohn and Sims as a pair of true pros, and brings great perspective to the mindset and milieu of the ‘50s American hipster.
Jack Kerouac voc, 1922-1969 US album by | |
Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US album by | |
Zoot Sims ts, 1925-1985 US album by |
Dick Hendler cover, design |
Burt Goldblatt cover, photography |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | American Haikus | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | 9:55 | ||
2 | Hard Hearted Old Farmer | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | 1:30 | ||
3 | The Last Hotel / Some Of The Dharma | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | 3:48 | ||
4 | The Last Hotel | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | |||
5 | Some Of The Dharma | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | |||
6 | Poems From The Unpublished "Book Of Blues" | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | 13:40 |
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