Blues and Haikus

Studio album by Jack Kerouac

Released

1959

Recorded

1958

Genre

Spoken word

Length

47:08

Label

Hanover-Signature Record Corporation LP #5006

Producer

Bob Thiele

Jack Kerouac chronology

Poetry for the Beat Generation
(1959)

Blues and Haikus
(1959)

Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation
(1960)

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Blues and Haikus is the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac's second album and was released in 1959.

History

On the album, Kerouac's poetry readings are accompanied by jazz saxophonists Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.

Track listing

Side One

"American Haikus" – 10:01
"Hard Hearted Old Farmer" – 2:13
"The Last Hotel/Some of the Dharma" – 3:49

Side Two

"Poems from the Unpublished Book of Blues" – 14:05

Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue

(Outtakes from the Blues and Haikus recording sessions)

"Old Western Movies" - 6:42
"Conclusion of the Railroad Earth" - 10:05

References

↑ Eder, Bruce. Blues and Haikus at AllMusic

Jack Kerouac

Bibliography

Fiction	The Sea Is My Brother (1942) And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (1945/2008; with William S. Burroughs) The Town and the City (1950) On the Road (1957) The Subterraneans (1958) The Dharma Bums (1958) Doctor Sax (1959) Maggie Cassidy (1959) Book of Dreams (1960) Tristessa (1960) Visions of Cody (1960) Lonesome Traveler (1960) Big Sur (1962) Visions of Gerard (1963) Desolation Angels (1965) Satori in Paris (1966) Vanity of Duluoz (1968) Pic (1971) Orpheus Emerged (2002)

Poetry	Pull My Daisy (late 1940s) Mexico City Blues (1959) The Scripture of the Golden Eternity (1960) Scattered Poems (1971) Old Angel Midnight (1973) Book of Haikus (2003) Book of Sketches (2006)

Plays	Beat Generation (2005)

Other books	Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings (1991) Good Blonde & Others (1993)

Audio	Poetry for the Beat Generation (1959) Blues and Haikus (1960) Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation (1960) The Jack Kerouac Collection (1990) Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness (1997) Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (1999)

Related	Beat Generation Beatnik Neal Cassady Allen Ginsberg Gregory Corso William S. Burroughs Lucien Carr Edie Parker Alene Lee Door Wide Open Pull My Daisy (1959 film) Heart Beat (1980 film) Off the Road (1990 book) Howl (2010 film) Love Always, Carolyn (2011 film) On The Road (2012 film) Big Sur (2013 film) Kill Your Darlings (2013 film) Minor Characters Jack Kerouac School Moody Street Irregulars One Fast Move or I'm Gone

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