Jack Kerouac – Collection (1990)

Disc 1
1 October in the Railroad Earth 	Kerouac 	7:08
2 Deadbelly 	Kerouac 	1:02
3 Charlie Parker 	Kerouac 	3:43
4 The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window 	Kerouac 	3:14
5 One Mother 	Kerouac 	0:47
6 Goofing at the Table 	Kerouac 	1:42
7 Bowery Blues 	Kerouac 	3:48
8 Abraham 	Kerouac 	1:14
9 Dave Brubeck 	Kerouac 	0:27
10 I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time 	Kerouac 	6:11
11 The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception 	Kerouac 	1:51
12 McDougal Street Blues 	Kerouac 	3:23
13 The Moon Her Majesty 	Kerouac 	1:36					play
14 I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous 		0:38
15 Readings From "On the Road" and "Visions of Cody" 	Kerouac 	0:37

Disc 2
1 American Haikus 	Kerouac 	10:01
2 Hard Hearted Old Farmer 	Kerouac 	2:13						play	
3 The Last Hotel/Some of Dharma 	Kerouac 	3:49
4 Poems From the Unpublished "Book of Blues" 	Kerouac 	14:08
5 Old Western Movies 		6:41
6 Conclusion of the Railroad Earth 	Kerouac 	10:04

Disc 3
1 The Beat Generation 	Kerouac 	3:09
2 Poems (Fragments): San Francisco/Street Scene/Money Honey/Westinghouse 	Kerouac 	3:17
3 Lucien Midnight: The Sounds of the Universe in My Window (Pt. 1) 	Kerouac 	2:21		play
4 Lucien Midnight: The Sounds of the Universe in My Window (Pt. 2) 	Kerouac 	1:59
5 Fantasy: The Early History of Bop 	Kerouac 	10:53
6 The Subterraneans [Excerpts] 	Kerouac 	3:07
7 Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges (Pt. 1) 	Kerouac 	3:07
8 Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges (Pt. 2) 	Kerouac 	13:48
9 Is There a Beat Generation? 	Kerouac 	12:32

Personnel includes:
Jack Kerouac - Vocals
Steve Allen - Piano
Al Cohn - saxophone
Zoot Sims - saxophone
Andreu Johnny Almendra - Bongos, Drums
David Amram - Percussion, Piano, French Horn
Candido Camero - Conga
Ralph Carney - Saxophone
Les Claypool - Bass, Percussion
Vic Juris - Guitar
Larry LaLonde - Guitar, Percussion
Bryan "Brain" Mantia - Percussion
John Medeski - Organ
Midhat Serbagi - Viola
Jane Taylor - Bassoon
Victor Venegas - Bass
Tom Waits - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion

This triple-disc box set is centered on the reissue and restoration of Jack Kerouac's three long-players: Poetry for the Beat Generation (1959), Blues and Haikus (1959), as well as Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation(1960). The Jack Kerouac Collection (1990) also adds over a half-hour of previously unissued material. These include outtakes from the Blues and Haikus sessions, recitations from On the Road and Visions of Cody from the Steve Allen Plymouth Show, as well as a candid recording from a symposium titled "Is There a Beat Generation," which was held at the Hunter College Playhouse and sponsored by Brandeis University. As a poet, Kerouac's readings were rarely as entertaining as those of his contemporaries William S. Burroughs or Allen Ginsberg. However, the liberation in his writing style is absolutely replete with a youthful joy tethered by somber optimism. His blend of achingly poetic verbiage and stream of consciousness were intersected by his rapier wit and perpetual vision. Much like the instrumental jazz musicians of his time, his poetry and prose were wide open to interpretation and the delivery often bears a crude and uncomfortable nature -- much like the uncertainty that faces many of the characters he animates. Accompanying Kerouac on his spoken-word jazz odysseys are Steve Allen (piano) on Poetry for the Beat Generation as well as Zoot Sims (tenor sax) and Al Cohn (tenor sax) on Blues and Haikus. The Jack Kerouac Collection also includes a 32-page liner-notes booklet with essays and commentary from Ginsberg, Burroughs, Jerry Garcia, Ray Manzarek, David Perry, and Steve Allen, among others. There is also copious discographical, biographical, and bibliographical information as well. This set is an essential piece of Americana and is highly recommended for literary buffs and beatniks alike. ---Lindsay Planer. Allmusic.com

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