Beat Generation Jazz (CD)

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Two disc CD set of the Jazz music that inspired the Beat Generation. New York; November 1945. World War 2 is over and life in the USA appears to be returning to normal. But 'normal ity' doesn't reign everywhere. A musical revolution is beginning that will eventually sow the seeds for a larger literary movement which will permeate every strata of American society and discard all orthodox notions about life and art: it will ultimately change thinking, behaviour and social mores across the world.The big bands are gone and jazz is no longer music to dance to, it has become an intellectual pursuit, considered by its adherents a serious art form. On 52nd St however, startling new sounds are emanating from a nightclub where alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and his High Priest the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie are leading a small jazz combo. Fearless improvisation is the essence of this new music, characterised by astonishing feats of individual brilliance played against complex harmonies and a syncopated backbeat. The new style is named bebop. To the uninitiated, even its very moniker sounds alien, but for some it has opened a door to a new consciousness and a brave new world, the sound of freedom and the future.In the audience is a young college dropout who harbours aspirations of being a writer. He's totally immersed in the spectacle of Parker and Gillespie's daring exploits. During the next few years he will develop a style of writing that will attempt to replicate the unfettered expression and spontaneous, improvisatory nature of bebop. His name is Jean Louis Kerouac, and twelve years later he will publish 'On the Road,' a novel that will encapsulate the ethos of what became known as the Beat Movement.The history of bebop and the Beat Movement are inextricably intertwined and this collection of poetry, prose and music features readings by Kerouac together with key tracks from jazz musicians from the 40s, 50s and early 60s, which reflect the powerful influence of the Beat Movement and its fascinating cross-pollination with the jazz idiom.Track ListingDisc 1: Jack Kerouac (w/ Steve Allen) - Charlei Parker Charlie Parker Quintet - Scrapple From The Apple Lester Young & His Band - Blues n Bells Jack Kerouac - The Beat Generation Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie - I Found a New Baby Charlie Parker’s Reboppers - Now's The Time Lionel Hampton - Hey! Ba-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Bob McFadden & Dor - The Beat Generation Charlie Parker Quintet - Au Privave Al 'Jazzbo' Collins - Three Little Pigs (A Grimm Fairy Tale For Hip Kids) Thelonious Monk - Well You Needn't Jack Kerouac - Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop (section 1) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - Groovin' High Annie Ross - Twisted Jack Kerouac - Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop' (section 2) Miles Davis All Stars - Milestones Fats Navarro - Fat Girl Billy Eckstine - I Only Have Eyes For You Sarah Vaughan - Shulie-a-bop Jack Kerouac - Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop' (section 3) Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners - Travelin' Blues Lester Young - In A Little Spanish Town George Shearing - Conception Jack Hammer - Like Slim Gaillard - Slim's Jam Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen - Bowery Blues Disc 2: Jack Kerouac - Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop' (section 4) Billy Eckstein & His Orchestra - Oo Bop Sh'bam Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray - The Hunt Shorty Petterstein - A History Of Jazz Bud Powell - Bouncing with Bud Bob Dorough - Dog Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido Jack Kerouac - Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop' (section 5) Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser Lee Konitz w/ Warne Marsh - Marshmallow Roy Glenn (w/ G. Mulligan Quartet) - Big High Song for Somebody Chet Baker - Tommyhawk Ken Nordine - My Baby Stan Getz - Stella By Starlight Del Close & John Brent - Basic Hip Dexter Gordon - Rhythm Mad Langston Hughes (w/ Leonard Feather) - Blues Montage Charles Mingus - Scenes in the City Lenny Bruce - Psychopathia Sexualis Jack Kerouac, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims - American Haikus Additional DetailsLabel: Chrome DreamsGenre: JazzRun Time: 137 minsRegion: 0Release Date: 03/06/12UPC: 823564623023 Show more