Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet

by Kenneth Patchen

Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1958
  • Label: Cadence
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:56
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The influential Beat-associated poet delivers his surreal, impassioned verse accompanied by the highly structured, West Coast cool of the Allyn Ferguson-led ensemble. The meticulously composed jazz backings intertwine seamlessly with the spoken word, elevating the emotional resonance of the literary material. It is a cornerstone release of the jazz-poetry movement.

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Tracklist

  1. The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves (1:19)
  2. State of the Nation (2:38)
  3. Do the Dead Know What Time It Is? Allyn Ferguson (3:29)
  4. And with the Sorrows of This Joyousness (3:04)
  5. The Lute in the Attic (6:09)
  6. Lonesome Boy Blues (2:37)
  7. Limericks (5:17)
  8. I Went to the City (8:21)

Credits

  • Kenneth Patchen - primary artist
  • Chamber Jazz Sextet - primary artist
  • Frank Leal - alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Fred Dutton - bass, bassoon, contrabassoon
  • Tom Reynolds - drums, timpani
  • Modesto Briseno - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Robert Wilson - trumpet, percussion

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