Results for "Vernon Frazer"

Vernon Frazer

Barry Wallenstein: Tony's Blues

by Vernon Frazer
July 1, 2001

Barry Wallenstein’s recordings of jazz poetry surpass the idiom’s all too typical offerings, e.g., the mediocre poet droning angst while his accompanists overpower him, or the resonant baritone booming cliches of urban crisis whose urgent accents stamp away from the pulse intended to power the recitation. Wallenstein’s first-rate poetry conveys the hipster’s quick intelligence. His upper-range ...

Song of Baobob

By Vernon Frazer

Label: VR
Released: 1999

Vernon Frazer: Song of Baobob

by Eric Saidel
June 1, 1999

Vernon Frazer is a poet in the tradition of Jack Kerouac. His poems tell stories; they are not merely abstract strings of words. This makes for compelling listening. Frazer's willingness to explore his own frailties, and even make fun of his pedanticism, helps make these more approachable, more human. Nor does it hurt that Frazer has ...

Sex Queen Of The Berlin Turnpike

By Vernon Frazer

Label: DelVon Records Inc.
Released: 1987