New Jazz Poets
Various Artists

A unique subgenre, the history of jazz poetry runs parallel to the musical movement, in which jazz and its artists serve as a muse for the authors. This collection of New Jazz Poets represents the evolution of this art form after several decades of its practice and includes celebrated poets Ishmael Reed, Peter La Farge, Joel Oppenheimer and Paul Blackburn, who are each capable of making jazz heard by using words alone.
Track Listing
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Jitterbugging in the Streets | Calvin Hernton | 5:58 | |
102
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The Second Coming | John Morgan | 1:53 | |
103
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Autumn, 1964 | Peter La Farge | 2:41 | |
104
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March on the Delta | Art Berger | 1:12 | |
105
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From the Valley of the Shadows | Ree Dragonette | 1:07 | |
106
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If I Ride This Train | Joe Johnson | 1:32 | |
107
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African Memories | Joel Oppenheimer | 1:39 | |
108
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Lady Day Spring | Ronald Stone | 3:25 | |
109
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Listening to Sonny Rollins At the Five-Spot | Paul Blackburn | 1:08 | |
201
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Canto 4, Six Cylinder Olympus | Percy Johnson | 0:57 | |
202
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The Jackal Headed Cowboy | Ishmael Reed | 3:12 | |
203
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Kauri | Will Inman | 2:04 | |
204
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Elvin Jones Gretch Freak | David Henderson | 5:43 | |
205
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Poem to Americans | Gerald Jackson | 1:58 | |
206
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Poems From Oklahoma | Allen Katzman | 0:57 | |
207
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Gyre's Galax | Norman Pritchard | 1:51 | |
208
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Asian Nigger | George Preston | 2:31 | |
209
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Poem for Adolph Eichman | John Harriman | 1:25 | |
210
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I Am a Multitude | Allen De Loach | 2:52 | |
211
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To Jackie In Jail | Stephen Tropp and Howard Hart | 3:09 | |
212
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Poem to Ernie Henry | Gloria Tropp | 1:12 |