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The best of jazz is aural poetry. The best of poetry swings and grooves. So it's not surprising that jazz and poetry have had a long and fruitful synergy.We decided to explore intriguing collaborations between jazz musicians and poets, from the icons of the Beat Generation to Amiri Baraka, from Federico Garcia Lorca to Emily Dickinson. And we'll celebrate a poet of the jazz trumpet, Tomasz Stanko, which has left us too soon.
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Playlist
- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" from Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill) (self-released) 0:00
- Tomasz Stańko Septet "Svantetic" from Litania (ECM) 0:17
- Host speaks 11:08
- Matt Wilson "Anywhere and Everywhere People" from Honey and Salt (Palmetto) 13:47
- Roy Nathanson "By the Page" from Sotto voce (AUM Fidelity) 17:40
- Andrew Cyrille "Kaddish" from The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM) 22:03
- Host speaks 27:10
- Allen Ginsberg "Gregory Corso's Story" from The Lion for Real (Mercury) 30:01
- Allen Ginsberg "Stanzas: Written at Night in Radio City" from The Lion for Real (Mercury) 32:15
- Cornershop "When the Light Appears Boy" from When I Was Born for the 7th Time (Expanded Edition) (Luaka Bop) 37:21
- William S. Burroughs "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane)" from Spare Ass Annie (Island) 39:59
- Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen "Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road" from On the Road (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Ryko) 42:23
- Host speaks 44:38
- Mark Murphy "Parker's Mood" from Bop For Kerouac (Muse) 47:25
- Kip Hanrahan "Untitled II" from Music For The Texts Of Ishmael Reed (American Clave) 51:53
- Ralph Alessi "I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra" from This Against That (RKM Music) 55:30
- Piri Thomas "Born Anew At Each A.M." from Every Child Is Born a Poet (American Clave) 57:23
- William Parker "Freddie's Dead" from The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield -Live in Rome (RAI Trade) 59:41
- Alexis Cuadrado "Terra Incognita" from Poetica (Sunnyside) 1:09:31
- Host speaks 1:13:22
- Steve Lacy "Utah" from Momentum (Novus) 1:18:21
- Frank Carlberg "No Way & Now" from The Crazy Woman (Accurate) 1:25:20
- Jane Ira Bloom "Big Bill (with Narration)" from Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline) 1:29:09
- Susanne Abbuehl "This and My Heart (var.)" from The Gift (ECM) 1:34:13
- Host speaks 1:38:27
- Julia Hulsmann Quartet & Theo Bleckmann "Beat! Beat! Drums!" from A Clear Midnight / Kurt Weill and America (ECM) 1:41:48
- Caoutchouc "La leyenda del tiempo" from Caoutchouc Plays García Lorca (Timeless) 1:46:01
- Massimo Altomare & Stefano Bollani "Il Giorno ad Urlapicchio" from Gnosi delle Fanfole (Mercury) 1:54:40
- Ornella Vanoni "La voglia la pazzia" from La Voglia (CGD) 1:57:51
- Host speaks 2:00:41
- Jack Kerouac "Washington D.C. Blues" from Reads "On the Road" (Ryko) 2:04:00
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Ludovico Granvassu
Ben Allison
Tomasz Stanko Septet
Matt Wilson
Roy Nathanson
Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Allen Ginsberg
Cornershop
William S. Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Mark Murphy
Kip Hanrahan
Ralph Alessi
Piri Thomas
William Parker
Alexis Cuadrado
Steve Lacy
Frank Carlberg
Jane Ira Bloom
Susanne Abbuehl
Julia Hülsmann Quartet & Theo Bleckmann
Caoutchouc
Altomare & Bollani
Ornella Vanoni
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