Blues and Haikus

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Blues and Haikus
Studio album by
Released1959
Recorded1958
GenreSpoken word
Length47:08
LabelHanover-Signature Record Corporation LP #5006
ProducerBob 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[edit]

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[edit]

Side One[edit]

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

Side Two[edit]

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 "Poems from the Unpublished Book of Blues" – 14:05

Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue[edit]

(Outtakes from the Blues and Haikus recording sessions)

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Blues and Haikus at AllMusic