Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation (Čtení Jacka Kerouaca beatové generaci, 1959, 1960)

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Březen 13, 2022

Jack Kerouac. Produkce Bill Randle.

Čte autor.

Natočeno 1959. Vydalo Verve Records, leden 1960 (1 LP).

Pozn.: Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation is the third and final spoken word album by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, released in January 1960 on Verve Records. The album was recorded during 1959, prior to the publication of Kerouac’s sixth novel, Doctor Sax.

Jack Kerouac had released Poetry for the Beat Generation and Blues and Haikus (1959) following the publication of The Dharma Bums. Both albums featured jazz-based accompaniment, however, for Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, Kerouac had decided to record the album solely in spoken word. Despite having no musical accompaniment, biographer Gerald Nicosia stated that „the musicality of Kerouac’s art is best exemplified by the Readings album.“

Several readings on the album are from several of Kerouac’s written works. The opening track, „San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation),“ is read from extracts of Desolation Angels. Extracts from the eponymous novel The Subterraneans and poetry collection San Francisco Blues are also featured. „Visions of Neal“ features extracts from the original drafts of Kerouac’s most notable novel On the Road.