Jack Kerouac is considered a literary iconoclast and a pioneer of the Beat Generation, who is recognised for this method of spontaneous prose... he became an underground celebrity and with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement. Author of various books considered classics today, among the On The Road, The Subterraneans & Visons of Cody, Kerouac also produced 3 LP's on which he recited his own prose & poetry... On 2 of those albums, Blues Haikus & Poetry for the Beat Generation, he was backed by Jazz Musicians, Zoot Simms & Al Cohn on the former, pianist Steve Allen on the latter..The 3rd LP The Beat Generation , he was unaccompianied....
All 3 albums are collected herein their entry, as well as Pull My Daisy, the soundtrack to the film of the same name, where Kerouac narrates, while another iconic Beats legend David Amram, provides the music...
This is the first time all 4 remasters albums have been released together...

TRACKLIST:

A1. October In The Railroad Earth

A2. Deadbelly

A3. Charlie Parker

A4. The Sounds Of The Universe Coming In My Window

A5. One Mother

A6. Goofing At The Table

A7. Bowery Blues

B1. Abraham

B2. Dave Brubeck

B3. I Had A Slouch Hat Too One Time

B4. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception

B5. McDougal Street Blues

B6. The Moon Her Majesty

B7. I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous