{"product_id":"kerouac-on-record-9781501360787","title":"Kerouac on Record","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957 book \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, admired the sounds of bebop and attempted to bring something of their original energy to his own writing, a torrent of semi-autobiographical stories he published between 1950 and his early death in 1969. Yet he was also drawn to American popular music of all kinds  from the blues to Broadway ballads  and when he came to record albums under his own name, he married his unique spoken word style with some of the most talented musicians on the scene. Kerouac's musical legacy goes well beyond the studio recordings he made himself: his influence infused generations of music makers who followed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKerouac on Record: A Literary Soundtrack\u003c\/i\u003e, Simon Warner and Jim Sampas have put together a wide-ranging collection of essays and interviews exploring the relationship between Kerouac and music … It is thoroughly deserving of a place on any Beat bookshelf. * Beatdom *\u003cbr\u003eThis volume collects essays and interviews that limn musical limbs of the Beat tree ... Among the strongest in a strong lot are Michael Goldberg's examination of Dylan's lit roots and Kerouac's own musicological piece - The Beginning Of Bop - that attempts to capture jazz in words - and succeeds. * Mojo *\u003cbr\u003eFresh approach to understanding the output of the \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003enovelist which uses music to illuminate his written work. * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eJack Kerouac is the common bond that connects Dylan, Springsteen, Mitchell, and many other musical recording artists whose legacy either started in his lifetime or blossomed in his wake. \u003ci\u003eKerouac On Record: A Literary Soundtrack\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Simon Warner and Jim Sampas, is a compelling and comprehensive collection of academic studies that successfully spotlights the connective tissue between Kerouac and the music he loved, like the Bop jazz of Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz or Chet Baker's vocals and Miles Davis's mastery of the cool jazz trumpet style, and the music he might never have imagined would have followed in his wake. * PopMatters *\u003cbr\u003eEditors Simon Warner and Jim Sampas have gathered together a series of essays that inform and expand on what we know about this [musical] aspect of Jack Kerouac ... There are interviews. Bob Dylan is discussed. Van Morrison. Bruce Springsteen. There is a long conversation between Simon Warner and Jim Sampas about all the Kerouac themed albums ... You’ll want them all. A hefty, lovingly produced book. Contentious stuff is said. But it adds to the sum of knowledge and so they have done good work. * Beat Scene *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is a lively and fascinating collection of essays, interviews and musings. * Jazz Journal *\u003cbr\u003eA densely layered book that takes some serious application to read but it’s also a book that rewards the reader’s time given over to it. It reinforces the view that all music is connected, regardless of genre, and that the influence of poetry and prose is never far removed. Packed with well-researched articles, some fascinating interviews and an extensive discography this is a book aimed at the scholar but one that will also appeal to all serious music lovers. * Americana UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerouac on Record\u003c\/i\u003e is a tantalizing new collection of essays and interviews on the interrelations between Jack Kerouac and music – both the music he heard and was inspired by in his 'bop prosody', and the music later artists have been inspired by him to produce, either as settings of his works or as intertextual companion pieces extending the life span of those works by recontextualizing them for new generations of listeners and readers. Warner and Sampas have brought together some of the most engaging writers in the fields of literary and cultural Beat Studies, as well as some of the most articulate voices within the music community: critics, producers, music archeologists, and lyricists. This blend of perspectives and registers makes for an unusually engaging reading experience as one traipses through the manuscript, high on 'life, joy, kicks, darkness, music' as Kerouac himself memorably put it in \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e. * Bent Sørensen, Associate Professor of English, Aalborg University, Denmark, and Member of the Advisory Council of the European Beat Studies Network *\u003cbr\u003eWith his ear for language, accents, riffs, and affinity for the spontaneous improvisation of the highly trained musician, Kerouac’s prose and verse dances with an undeniable musicality that has kept readers across the globe coming back to his works again and again. Many of these readers, as it turns out, have been musicians. This collection brings together a series of essays that, taken together, strive to convey the profound, long-lasting, and yet underappreciated force of inspiration Kerouac represents to a half century of recorded music. * Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Assistant Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerouac on Record\u003c\/i\u003e identifies and analyses the conversations that take place across time and space between the King of the Beats and the jazz, country, rock, pop, and punk troubadours that see him as inspiration, crank, life coach, and master of rhythm. This book will change the way we think of Kerouac's work and provide us with fresh ears to hear anew the music that is indebted to his writing and life. * Daniel Kane, Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of Sussex, UK *\u003cbr\u003eWarner's and Sampas’s encyclopedic collection represents a vital contribution to Beats scholarship. This is not just because the range of interactions between Kerouac’s work and genres of popular music – from jazz to country to punk – is dazzling, but also because it insists on seeing the Beats’ creativity as interdisciplinary from the start, and on the need for Beats criticism to follow suit. As a model of this approach, it is exemplary, with contributions from poets, rock critics, literary scholars, playwrights and many others. This is a book with a wide appeal to anyone interested in Kerouac, the Beats and popular music, and one that will quickly become indispensable to scholars in these fields. * James Peacock, Senior Lecturer in English and American Literatures, Keele University, UK, and co-editor of The Clash Takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on the Only Band That Matters *\u003cbr\u003eBringing together Beat studies with popular music studies, and ranging high and low from jazz to rock, blues to punk, this rich eclectic mix of scholarship and interviews is the book for anyone remotely interested in the counterpoint of Kerouac and music: it’s a book as big as its sometimes fraught but always fascinating subject, and absolutely in tune with it. * Oliver Harris, Professor of American Literature, Keele University, UK, and President of the European Beat Studies Network *\u003cbr\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eText and Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), Simon Warner partners with Literary Executor of the Estate of Jack Kerouac, Jim Sampas, to go deeper into his exploration of the connections between the great figures of the Beat generation and the music of the so-called 'rock era.' Interspersed with exclusive interviews of the likes of Lee Konitz, Graham Parker, Lester Bangs, and Allen Ginsberg, the twenty chapters are signed by an impressive array of journalists, music industry professionals, rock critics, writers, film makers and academics from all over the world. Addressing such issues as the influence of jazz on Kerouac’s 'spontaneous prose' style, the lineage between his 'Beat bop prosody' and Patti Smith’s 'punk rock poetry,' or his inspiring 'the myth of the American road' in Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics, they shed light on what appears to be a two-way relationship between popular music and the work of the author of On the Road. As Warner puts it: 'if, for Kerouac, it was jazz that would have the principal impact, then it was rock on which the writer would have the main effect.' * Olivier Julien, Lecturer in the History and Musicology of Popular Music, Paris-Sorbonne University, France *\u003cbr\u003eWarner and Sampas’ collection of essays provides an indispensable and long-overdue account of the music that shaped Kerouac and his writing, as well as an analysis of how a generation of musicians like Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Patti Smith were influenced by Kerouac. With its well-researched articles, in-depth interviews, and extensive discography and song list, \u003ci\u003eKerouac on Record\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for scholars, fans, and music lovers alike. * Erik Mortenson, Senior Lecturer, Wayne State University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Permissions Foreword Introduction \u003ci\u003eSimon Warner\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Jack Kerouac's Jazz Scene \u003ci\u003eJim Burns\u003c\/i\u003e 2. 2nd Chorus: Blues: Jack Kerouac \u003ci\u003eLarry Beckett\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Duet for Saxophone and Pen: Lee Konitz and the Direct Influence of Jazz on the Development of Jack Kerouac’s ‘Spontaneous Prose’ Style \u003ci\u003eMarian Jago\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 1: Lee Konitz \u003ci\u003eMarian Jago\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Jack Kerouac Goes Vinyl: A Sonic Journey into Kerouac’s Three LPs: Poetry for the Beat Generation; Blues and Haikus; and Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation \u003ci\u003eJonah Raskin\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Art Music: Listening to Kerouac’s ‘Mexico City Blues’ \u003ci\u003eA. Robert Lee\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 2: David Amram \u003ci\u003ePat Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Beat Refrains: Music, Milieu and Identity in Jack Kerouac’s \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Adaptation \u003ci\u003eMichael Prince\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry) \u003ci\u003eMichael Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Carrying a Torch for Ti Jean \u003ci\u003ePaul Marion\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 3: Richard Meltzer \u003ci\u003eMichael Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e 9. The Grateful Dead: Jack Manifested as Music \u003ci\u003eBrian Hassett\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Driver \u003ci\u003eMark Bliesener\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Jim Morrison\/Angel of Fire \u003ci\u003eJay Jeff Jones \u003c\/i\u003e 12. Light is Faster than Sound: Texans, the Beats and the San Francisco Counterculture \u003ci\u003eHolly George-Warren\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Hit the Road, Jack: Van Morrison and \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Mills\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Detecting Jack Kerouac and Joni Mitchell: A Literary\/Legal (Not Musicological) Investigation into the Search for Influence \u003ci\u003eNancy Grace\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Kerouac and Country Music \u003ci\u003eMatt Theado\u003c\/i\u003e 16. ‘Straight from the Mind to the Voice’: Spectral Persistence in Jack Kerouac and Tom Waits \u003ci\u003eDouglas Field\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 4: Barney Hoskyns \u003ci\u003eSimon Warner\u003c\/i\u003e 17. From Beat Bop Prosody to Punk Rock Poetry: Patti Smith and Jack Kerouac; Literature, Lineage, Legacy \u003ci\u003eRonna Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e Poems: Marc Zegans Interview 6: Allen Ginsberg \u003ci\u003ePat Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e 18. Tramps Like Them: Jack and Bruce and the Myth of the American Road \u003ci\u003eSimon Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 5: Graham Parker \u003ci\u003ePat Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e 19. Punk and New Wave \u003ci\u003eJames Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e Interview 7: Jim DeRogatis on Lester Bangs \u003ci\u003eJames Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e 20. The Tribute Recordings \u003ci\u003eJim Sampas and Simon Warner\u003c\/i\u003e Appendix I: Jack Kerouac Biography  Appendix II: Jack Kerouac Discography Dave Moore Appendix III: Tribute Discography Appendix IV: Kerouac\/Cassady Song List Dave Moore\/Horst Spandler Notes on Contributors Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138293432663,"sku":"9781501360787","price":19.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501360787.jpg?v=1751918777","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kerouac-on-record-9781501360787","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}