Vibrations: The Adventures and Musical Times of David Amram

by David Amram

Book Overview

The Boston Globe has described David Amram as "the Renaissance man of American music." Amram and Jack Kerouac collaborated on the first-ever Jazz poetry reading in New York City in 1957 as well as the subsequent legendary film "Pull My Daisy" in 1959, which combined Amram's jazz and chamber music and Kerouac's narration. Not only part of what came to be known as the Beat generation, Amram has also composed over 100 orchestral and chamber works, written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560253088
• ISBN13: 9781560253082
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

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A Great Composer...

This memoir is a great read. Anyone interested in classical music or The Beats, should check out Vibrations.