Jazz Articles about Roger Garfitt, Nikki Iles, John Williams Octet

Roger Garfitt, Nikki Iles, John Williams Octet: In All My Holy Mountain

by Roger Farbey
February 12, 2017

The amalgamation of poetry with jazz is not a new concept. Jack Kerouac was reading his words accompanied by Steve Allen on piano on the album Poetry For The Beat Generation way back in 1959 and over the water in 1963 The Michael Garrick Trio with Joe Harriott and Shake Keane released the EP Blues For The Lonely which featured Jeremy Robson reciting his poems over Garrick's music. There were even Poetry and Jazz concerts in the UK during the ...