Jazz Articles about Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley: Have We Told You All You Thought to Know?

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2001

Poet Robert Creeley has long maintained an interest in combining his verbal lyricism with other art forms. He pursues an unusual synthesis of spoken word and musical improvisation on Have We Told You, which documents a live performance from fall of '98. Joining him for the event is electric bassist Steve Swallow, who recently composed music (for his ECM record Home ) to accompany Creeley's work. It's only natural for these artists to get together and create a recording--live and ...