January 5, 2007: Jazz Poetics
This show investigates the long relationship between the spoken and written word and jazz music. Musical selections include jazz and poetry from Don Byron and Sadiq, Charles Mingus and Jean Sheppard, Steve Coleman and the Mystic Rhythm Society, Tom Waits, Babs Gonzalez, and more. Also featured: beatnik language instruction from Del Close and John Brent. Dig it!