Blues & Haikus

This is the second CD of his poems to be recorded by the novelist Jack Kerouac. While his first CD "Poetry for the Beat Generation" was, certainly Kerouacs mind but also likely in Steve Allen, that project was an experiment if not a novelty. Blues and Haikus has a more authoritative air that was lacking in its predecessor. That unique sense of authority was based on the extraordinary connection between Kerouac on one hand and on the other, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims.

This CD marks a felicitous combination of poetry and jazz.