Kenneth Patchen Reads with Jazz in Canada

In this 1959 release, novelist and poet Kenneth Patchen reads original poetry while the Alan Neil Quartet plays jazz standards in the background. The performance was recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s studio in Vancouver, Canada, and broadcast later that year. Patchen and the Alan Neil Quartet also gave a live performance of this material in The Cellar, a Vancouver nightclub. The liner notes contain an essay by Alan Neil about the recording session, which turned out to be challenging in some unexpected ways.

Track Listing

101	Four Blues Poems: "There's a Place" / They Won't Let You In There / A Sigh is A Little Altered/ The Lonesome Boy Blues	Kenneth Patchen	05:38
102	Four Song Poems: "The Everlasting Contenders" / Do I Not Deal with the Angels / The Sea is Awash with Roses / Not Many Kingdoms Left	Kenneth Patchen	06:51
201	As I Opened the Window	Kenneth Patchen	03:55
202	Glory, Glory Speeches from Don't Look Now	Kenneth Patchen	10:40