Jazz of the Beat Generation [Import]

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A Unique Collection of Music, Literature and Spoken Word Material Exploring Jazz as a Central Theme in the Counter Cultural Explosion in America in the 1950's Known as the Beat Movement. Packaged in a Glossy Box with Artwork Reminiscent of Fifties Beatnik Paperback Book Cover Art. Includes Deluxe 36 Page Booklet with Extensive Liner Notes. The Mixture of Jack Kerouac's Spoken Word Poetry Mixed Between Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Thelonious Monk and Other Beat Jazz Masters Creates a Perfect Audio History of the Beat Generation.

Tracks:

13.3.2.21.1.1.5.5
Adivinador
Barbaridad
Lo Dicen Todas
Addimu A Chango
Glicy's Mood
Preludio Y Fuga
Esperanza
A Maria Le Gusta
El Bolero De Juan Carlos
On The Road Again
Elegia A Ruben Gonzalez

Product Description

1. 13.3.2.21.1.1.8.5 (3:07)
2. Adivinador (5:26)
3. Barbaridad(4:50)
4. Lo Diven Todas(4:15)
5. Addimu A Chngo(6:15)
6. Glicy’s Mood(5:11)
7. Preludio Y Fuga(3:41)
8. Esperanza(5:06)
9. A Maria Legusta(4:11)
10. El Bolero De Juan Carlos(4:22)
11. On The Road Again (5:11)
12. Elegia A Ruben Gonzalez(9:17)

Format: Vinyl

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The Best of Today's Cuban Sound.......2005-11-08

This album 6 years in the making, 50 musicians deep, is electric exciting and truly a treasure. Juan De marcos, truly must have enjoyed creating this treat for Cuban music lovers world wide. From Tirso Duartes searing Timba sounds to Leo Veras Soulful son, there is no "skipping" songs on this CD. Enjoy

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Get this back in print - now! One of the best albums you can own
It's 1957 Forever!
Root, Vout and Dig It ! ! !
Loved it, Loved it, Love it!
The apocolyptic soul of the beats!!!

The Beat Generation
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000032DM
Release Date: 1992-11-17

Tracks:

San Fransisco Scene (The Beat Generation) - Jack Kerouac
The Beat Generation - Bob McFadden And Dor
Footloose In Greenwhich Village - Various Artists
Blues Montage - Langston Hughes, With Leonard Feather
Manhatten Fable - Babs Gonzales
Reach Into In - Ken Nordine
Parker's Mood - King Pleasure
Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle
Diamonds On My Windshield - Tom Waits
Naken Lunch (Excerpt) - William Burroughs
Bernie's Tune - Lee Konitz With The Jerry Mulligan Quartet
Like Rumpelstiltskin - Don Morrow
Opp-Pop-A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
Basic Hip - Del Close And John Brent
Christopher Columbus Digs The Jive - John Drew Barrymore
The Clown - Chales Mingus With Jean Sheperd
The Murder Of Two Men By a Young Kid Wearing... - Kenneth Patchen With The Chamber Jazz Sextet

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The Hip Gahn - Lord Buckley
Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks And Ross
Yip Roc Heresy - Slim Gaillard And His Middle Europeans
Ha - Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra
Pull My Daisy - David Amram Quintet With Lynn Sheffield
October In The Railroad Earth - Jack Kerouac And Steve Allen
The Cool Rebellion - Howard K. Smith
Cosmic Rays - Charlie Parker Quartet
Kookie's Mad Pad - Edd Byrnes
Bebopper - The Gordons With Hank Jones Trio
Hunger Is From - Ken Nordine
No Pictures, Please - Rod McKuen
Like Young - Perry Como With Mitchel Ayres And His Orchestra
Married Blues - Kenneth Rexroth
Psychopathia Sexualis - Lenny Bruce

Tracks:

Jack And Neal/California, Here I Come - Tom Waits
Reading From 'On The Road' And 'Visions Of Cody' - Jack Kerouac With Steve Allen
Interview With Jack Kerouac - Ben Hacht
Kerouazy - Don Morrow
Cool - Del Close And John Brent
But I Was Cool - Oscar Brown Jr.
Uncool - Del Close And John Brent
High School Drag - Phillipa Fallon
Opp-Bop Sh-Bam - Kenny Clarke and his 52nd Street Boys
Professor Bop - Three Bips And A Bop Featuring Babs Gonzales
Beatnik's Wish - Patsy Raye And The Beatniks
Like Having Fun - Elmer Bernstein
On Beatniks - CARL SANDBURG
Swinghouse - Gerry Mulligan Quartet
The Greenwich Village Poets - Charles Kuralt
America - Allen Ginsberg

Amazon.com

This three-disc set is a gold mine for anyone with even a passing interest in the music, the poetry, and the people of the beat era. The stars--Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs--are here, of course. But so are the players (Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan), the architects (Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth), the cutups (Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley), the pretenders (Rod McKuen, Edd Byrnes), the critics (Carl Sandburg, Howard K. Smith), and the heirs (Tom Waits). What a great selection of vibrant poetry, hip music, and sonic ephemera. The well-annotated booklet offers classic photos, historical context, cool quotes, and, perhaps most important, an extensive "Beat Bookshelf" that will lead to further exploration. Dig this crazy box, man! --Michael Ruby

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Get this back in print - now! One of the best albums you can own.......2005-08-08

This is, outside of the first "Nuggets" box set, the most played multi-artist compilation in my collection. The greatest thing about this collection is the wide variety of peices included. There are readings by the major players of the generation (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs), beat Jazz (Don Morrow, Lee Konitz), various parodies or outsider views of the movement (the "Basic Hip" recordings, the clips from the cult film "High School Confedential", Bob McFadden), the comedians (Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce), and the sucessors (Tom Waits). In other words, this is an absolute must-buy for anyone with a passing interest in America's first counterculture movement. This was one of the most fascinating and unique eras in American history, and the Beat Generation was a blow against the conservative American ideals and dreams. The highlights of the collection are obviously the readings. Hearing the geniuses of the time read their own work is just as fun, if not more so, as reading the books themselves. Each one of the top three (Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac) has an unique style of writing and an unique style of delivery so that you can tell each one apart from the other. Outside of the readings, some of the selections are odd but none don't fit in with the overall concept of portraying the movement. This is almost as much an essential as the writings of the Beats, and is a fascinating portrait of America's original counterculture movement. Why did Rhino let this go out of print?

It's 1957 Forever!.......2005-01-16

It's January, 2005 and sleeting outside in Shin-Urayasu, Japan, but I'm here wailing with Jack Kerouac. Steve Allen is tinkling away on the piano, and Ben Hecht is waiting to ask Jack some smart-aleck questions, which Jack will answer in an innocent, pure-heart, eternal good-guy way before heading back out on the road. This three-CD set is incredible. Not only do we get a sense of what the big names of beat-dom were up to, but we are treated to little-heard beat-fare, like a hyper-beat effusion on falling in love with a horse from Lenny Bruce, and zany reflections of beat-dom from such square media dogs like Perry Como crooning about his young beat honey, and Howard K. Smith, who gives us the low-down on THE COOL REBELLION. Kenneth Patchen's "The Murder Of Two Men By A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves" is a gem, and Kenneth Rexroth's hang-dog rendition of "Married Blues" is yet another great cut I would never have heard otherwise. Langston Hughes fronting his own jazz band is a treat too, but there's lots more. After listening to all 3 CDs one can get a pretty good idea of the scene, both from the inside, hipster's angle, and from the square's point of view, too. Generous cuts from Gerry Mulligan's Quartet have me snapping my fingers and reaching for my sunglasses. Forget the sushi and pass the nutmeg!

Root, Vout and Dig It ! ! !.......2001-01-08

What I love about the Beat Generation Box Set is that in addition to serving as a great social portrait of the era, as well as hipster culture, throughout it maintains a sense of humor and focuses on its strange relationship and rivalry with American pop culture. Beyond mere literary readings, a colorful cast of charactors make the scene... from beboppers to hipsters, bongo beating philosophers to comedians and pop icons arise. One track might be Annie Ross's bebopistic tribute to Schizophrenia "Twisted", the next a recitation by Lord Buckley or Ken Nordine - in other tracks, square singers try to cash in on bebop and hipster culture... reporters go out on the streets of Greenwich village in search of America's lost youth, while others show beat generation icons in action from Dizzy Gillespie to Slim Galliard and Ray Brown Jr. - - Cuts from the rare, "How to Speak Hip" and even Lenny Bruce's Psychopathia Sexualis (I'm in Love With a Horse That Comes from Dallas) appear.

While by no means comprehensive, the three CDs along with the illustrated booklet are not only educational but incredibly entertaining.

If you enjoy this album, be sure to check out a reissue of Ken Nordine's Colors, as well as stuff by Harry The Hipster Gibson, Slim Galliard and Leon Watson, as well as the movie, "Sweet Love Bitter" (based on the life of Charlie Parker.)

Loved it, Loved it, Love it!.......2000-07-26

Great Jazz, poetry, and spoken word. A diverse group of artists are included in this boxed set. It is a window to another time that suspiciously looks similar to our own. I cherish this collection. I don't know how I survived without it. Highly recommend!

The apocolyptic soul of the beats!!!.......1999-06-26

The breath and life of the beat generation is expressed in total array in this box set. The Bird is god and Kerouac is an angel to deliver the soul of truth onto a new generation of tripped out, wild, outcasts which have been labeled "misfits" by the societal concept. Live on true beats.

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The Best Of The Beat Generation
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Pull My Daisy - David Amram Quintet
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My Baby - Ken Nordine
The Murder Of Two Men By A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves - Kenneth Patchen
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