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Jazz Kerouac

Jumok茅 Fashola marks the centenary of jazz poet and 'King of the Beats' Jack Kerouac with a musical journey through his landmark novel On the Road.

Jumok茅 Fashola marks the centenary of jazz poet and 'King of the Beats' Jack Kerouac with a musical journey through his landmark novel On the Road and later works of poetry. From Billie Holiday to Charlie Parker and Lionel Hampton to Slim Gaillard, Kerouac had a magical way of bringing the records, the clubs and the performances he witnessed to life, while incorporating the rhythms, the freedom and the energy of jazz into his writing. Travelling back to the 1950s, Jumok茅 plays music by the artists who inspired and enthralled him, unearthing some of Kerouac鈥檚 own collaborations with jazz musicians as well as tributes from the greats.

Produced by Thomas Rees for Somethin鈥� Else

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Mar 2024 17:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

    Kerouac

    • Simply...Dizzy!.
    • Jube Legends.

  • Charlie Parker

    Ornithology

    • The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes.
    • Savoy Records.

  • Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen

    Charlie Parker

    • Poetry for the Beat Generation.
    • Hanover Records.

  • Lionel Hampton

    Central Avenue Breakdown

    • Central Avenue Breakdown / When Lights Are Low.
    • His Master鈥檚 Voice.

  • Jack Kerouac

    Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop

    • The Complete Collection.
    • Chrome Dreams Media Ltd.

  • Helen Humes

    Be Baba Leba

    • Every Now And Then / Be-Baba-Luba.
    • Aladdin.

  • Jack Kerouac

    San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)

    • Readings on the Beat Generation.
    • UMG Recordings.

  • Slim Gaillard

    Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony)

    • Opera In Vout (Groove Juice Symphony) - Live At Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Ang.
    • UMG Recordings.

  • George Shearing

    September In The Rain

    • Shearing On Stage (Live).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Cootie Williams and His Orchestra & Little Willie Jackson

    Gator Tail Part 2

    • Gator Tail.
    • Mercury.

  • Billie Holiday

    Lover Man

    • Lover Man.
    • UMG Recordings.

  • Jack Kerouac

    Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop

    • The Complete Collection.
    • Chrome Dreams Media Ltd.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Salt Peanuts

    • Groovin鈥� High.
    • Savoy Records.

  • Jack Kerouac

    Fantasy: The Early History Of Bop

    • The Complete Collection.
    • Chrome Dreams Media Ltd.

  • Miles Davis

    Yesterdays

    • The Blue Note and Capitol Recordings.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray

    The Hunt (Rocks 'n Shoals)

    • The Hunt.
    • Savoy Records.

  • P茅rez Prado

    Mambo Numero Ocho (Mambo No.8)

    • Plays Mucho Mambo鈥nd Other Fantastic Compositions.
    • Universal Digital Enterprises.

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane

    Epistrophy

    • Complete Live At the Five Spot 1958.
    • Gambit Records.

  • Jack Kerouac, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims

    Poems from the unpublished 鈥淏ook of Blues鈥�

    • Hanover/Rhino Entertainment Company/Warner Music Group Company.

  • Louis Armstrong

    The Beat Generation

    • MGM Records.

  • Anthony Joseph

    Swing Praxis

    • Heavenly Sweetness.

  • Steve Allen & Jack Kerouac

    鈥淩eadings From On The Road and Vision of Cody鈥�

    • Hanover.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Jul 2022 17:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3
  • Sat 23 Mar 2024 17:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3