ビート・ジェネレーションを代表する詩人
ジャック・ケルアックのコンプリート・コレクション！
ズート・シムズ、スティーヴ・アレンらが参加した貴重なセッション！
JACK KEROUAC / THE BEAT GENERATION·His Complete Albums + 3 Bonus Tracks!
CD1: Poetry For The Beat Generation [With Steve Allen] • TT: 44:44
01. October In The Railroad Earth
02. Deadbelly
03. Charlie Parker
04. The Sounds Of The Universe Coming In My Window
05. One Mother
06. Goofing At The Table
07. Bowery Blues
08 Abraham
09. Dave Brubeck
10. I Had A Slouch Hat Too, One Time
11. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception
12. Mcdougal Street Blues
13. The Moon Her Majesty
14. I’D Rather Be Thin Than Famous
15. Readings From “On The Road” And “Visions Of Cody” *
CD2: Blues And Haikus [With Al Cohn & Zoot Sims] • TT: 47:21
01. American Haikus
02. Hard Hearted Old Farmer
03. The Last Hotel & Some Of Dharma
04. Poems From The Unpublished “Book Of Blues”
05. Old Western Movies
06. Conclusion Of The Railroad Earth
CD3: Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation • TT: 70:36
01. The Beat Generation
02. Poems (Fragments):
San Francisco / Street Scene / Money Honey / Westinghouse Elevators / Old Age / Praised Be Man / The Sad Turtle
03. Lucien Midnight: The Sound Of The Universe In My Window, Part 1
04. Lucien Midnight: The Sound Of The Universe In My Window, Part 2
05. Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop
06. Excerpts From “The Subterraneans”
07. Visions Of Neal: Neal And The Three Stooges, Part 1
08. Visions Of Neal: Neal And The Three Stooges, Part 2
09. Is There A Beat Generation? *
10. Interview With Ben Hecht (1958) *
*Bonus Tracks
メンバー：
CD1/1-14: Poetry For The Beat Generation (Hanover HML5000): Jack Kerouac, Readings; Steve Allen, Piano.
New York, 1958. Original Sessions Produced By Bob Thiele.
15: Steve Allen (P). The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, Nbc Broadcast, New York, November 16, 1959.
CD2/Blues And Haikus (Hanover HM5006): Jack Kerouac, Readings; Zoot Sims, Tenor Sax; Al Cohn, Tenor Sax & Piano.
New York, Spring 1958. Original Sessions Produced By Bob Thiele.
CD3/1-8: On the Beat Generation (Verve MGV-15005) : JACK KEROUAC (unaccompanied reading).
New York, 1960. Original sessions produced by Bill Randle.
9: Kerouac at a conference sponsored by Brandeis University at Hunter College Playhouse, New York, November 6, 1958.
10: Kerouac interviewed by Ben Hecht. The Ben Hecht Show, New York, October 1958.
★『路上』『孤独な旅人』など多くの小説や詩を残したビートニクを代表する作家、ジャック・ケルアックが残した朗読作品3作をコンプリート。ジャズ・ピアニスト、スティーヴ・アレンやサックス奏者ズート・シムズらも参加した貴重なセッションを聴くことが出来る。レアなボーナストラック（インタヴュー含む）も3曲収録。
