Release

		Volume One
1-01	Jack Kerouac -	San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)	3:09
		Voice, Written-By - Jack Kerouac
1-02	Bob McFadden & Dor -	The Beat Generation	2:03
1-03	Unknown Artist -	Footloose In Greenwich Village	12:32
1-04	Langston Hughes With Leonard Feather -	Blues Montage	3:12
		Bass - Milt Hinton Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor] - Sam Taylor (2) Drums - Osie Johnson Piano - Al Williams (4) Trombone - Vic Dickinson Trumpet - Red Allen*
1-05	Babs Gonzales -	Manhattan Fable	2:36
		Vocals - Babs Gonzales
1-06	Ken Nordine -	Reaching Into In	1:53
		Bass - Emmett Frazier Drums - Bob Frazier Narrator - Ken Nordine Piano, Vibraphone - Richard Campbell (2) Woodwind - Ken Soderbloom
1-07	King Pleasure -	Parker's Mood	2:57
		Bass - Percy Heath Drums - Kenny Clarke Piano - John Lewis (2) Vocals - King Pleasure
1-08	Nelson Riddle -	Route 66 Theme	2:06
1-09	Tom Waits -	Diamonds On My Windshield	3:10
		Bass - Jim Hughart Drums - Jim Gordon Vocals - Tom Waits
1-10	William S. Burroughs -	Naked Lunch (Excerpt)	6:26
1-11	Lee Konitz With Gerry Mulligan Quartet -	Bernie's Tune	3:31
		Bass - Carson Smith Drums - Larry Bunker Saxophone [Alto] - Lee Konitz Saxophone [Baritone] - Gerry Mulligan Trumpet - Chet Baker
1-12	Don Morrow -	Like Rumpelstiltskin	6:18
		Bass - Jack Zimmermann Drums - Don Lamond Guitar - Barry Galbraith Narrator - Don Morrow Percussion - Ted Sommers* Performer [Reeds] - Jerome Richardson , Phil Bodner Piano - Lou Garisto Trombone - Chauncey Welsch Trumpet - Doc Severinson* Voice - Ann Thomas , Herb Duncan , Joyce Gordon , Phil Kramer
1-13	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra -	Oop-Pop-A-Da	3:08
		Bass - Ray Brown Drums - Joe Harris (3) Guitar - John Collins (2) Piano - John Lewis (2) Saxophone [Alto] - Howard Johnson (3) , John Brown (3) Saxophone [Baritone] - Cecil Payne Saxophone [Tenor] - James Moody , Joe Gayles Trombone - Bill Shepard* , Taswell Baird Trumpet - Dave Burns , Elmon Wright , Matthew McKay , Ray Orr* Vibraphone - Milt Jackson Vocals - Kenneth Hagood & The Ensemble Vocals, Trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie
1-14	Del Close & John Brent -	Basic Hip	1:11
1-15	John Drew Barrymore -	Christopher Columbus Digs The Jive	3:04
1-16	Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, The Featuring Jean Shepherd -	Clown	12:11
		Bass - Charles Mingus Drums - Danny Richmond* Narrator - Jean Shepherd Piano - Wade Legge Saxophone [Tenor] - Shafi Hadi Trombone - Jimmy Knepper
1-17	Kenneth Patchen -	Murder Of Two Men By A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves	1:15
		Bass, Bassoon, Contrabassoon - Fred Dutton Drums, Timpani - Tom Reynolds Piano, Electric Piano, Percussion, French Horn - Allyn Ferguson Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet [Bass] - Frank Leal Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet - Modesto Briseno (2) Trumpet, Percussion - Robert Wilson (4)
		Volume Two
2-01	Lord Buckley -	The Hip Gahn	6:09
2-02	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross -	Twisted	2:14
		Bass - Ike Isaacs Drums - Walter Bolden Piano - Gildo Mahones Trumpet - Harry Edison Vocals - Annie Ross , Dave Lambert (3) , Jon Hendricks
2-03	Slim Gaillard & His Middle Europeans -	Yip Roc Heresy	2:28
		Bass - Clyde Lombardi Drums - Charlie Smith (2) Guitar, Vocals - Slim Gaillard Piano - Maceo Williams
2-04	Charlie Ventura -	Ha	2:46
		Bass - Keith Mitchell (4) Drums - Ed Shaughnessy Piano - Dan McKenna Saxophone - Boots Mussulli , Charlie Ventura Trombone - Benny Green* Trumpet - Conte Candoli
2-05	David Amram Quintet -	Pull My Daisy	4:29
		Bass - Herb Bushler , Lyle Atkinson* Drums - Al Harewood French Horn, Piano, Guitar, Flute, Bouzouki, Kazoo, Percussion [Headbone] - David Amram Oud - George Mrgdichian Percussion - Arthur Edgehill Saxophone [Alto] - Jerry Dodgion Saxophone [Baritone] - Pepper Adams Viola - Midhat Serbagi Vocals - Ali Hafid , Lynn Sheffield
2-06	Steve Allen (3) -	October In The Railroad Earth	7:06
		Piano - Steve Allen (3) Voice, Written-By - Jack Kerouac
2-07	Howard K. Smith -	Cool Rebellion	20:13
2-08	Charlie Parker Quartet* -	Cosmic Rays	3:05
		Bass - Teddy Kotick Drums - Max Roach Piano - Hank Jones Saxophone [Alto] - Charlie Parker
2-09	Edd Byrnes* -	Kookie's Mad Pad	2:03
2-10	Gordons, The (2) With Hank Jones Trio -	Bebopper	2:44
		Bass - Charles Mingus Drums - Max Roach Piano - Hank Jones Vocals - George Gordon , George Gordon Jr. , Honey Gordon , Richard Gordon
2-11	Ken Nordine -	Hunger Is From	3:48
		Bass - Jimmy Bond Cello - Fred Katz Drums - Forest Horn Guitar - John Pisano Narrator - Ken Nordine Woodwind - Paul Horn
2-12	Rod McKuen -	No Pictures Please	4:03
2-13	Perry Como -	Like Young	2:53
		Bass - Paul Gray (4) Guitar - Howard Heitmeyer
2-14	Kenneth Rexroth -	Married Blues	3:22
2-15	Lenny Bruce -	Psychopathia Sexualis	2:24
		Voice, Written-By - Lenny Bruce
		Volume Three
3-01	Tom Waits -	Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come	4:57
		Bass - Jim Hughart Drums - Shelly Manne Saxophone [Tenor] - Frank Vicari Vocals - Tom Waits
3-02	Steve Allen (3) -	Readings From "On The Road" & "Visions Of Cody"	3:28
		Piano - Steve Allen (3) Voice, Written-By - Jack Kerouac
3-03	Ben Hecht -	Interview With Jack Kerouac	15:29
		Interviewer - Ben Hecht Voice - Jack Kerouac
3-04	Don Morrow -	Kerouazy	2:06
		Bass - Jack Zimmermann Drums - Don Lamond Guitar - Barry Galbraith Narrator - Don Morrow Percussion - Ted Sommers* Performer [Reeds] - Jerome Richardson , Phil Bodner Piano - Lou Garisto Trombone - Chauncey Welsch Trumpet - Doc Severinson* Voice - Ann Thomas , Herb Duncan , Joyce Gordon , Phil Kramer
3-05	Del Close & John Brent -	Cool	3:50
3-06	Oscar Brown Jr* -	But I Was Cool	2:53
3-07	Del Close & John Brent -	Uncool	0:58
3-08	Philippa Fallon -	High School Drag	2:14
3-09	Kenny Clarke And His 52th Street Boys -	Oop-Bop-Sh-Bam	3:04
		Arranged By - Walter Fuller Bass - Al Hall Drums - Kenny Clarke Guitar - John Collins (2) Piano - Bud Powell Saxophone [Alto] - Sonny Stitt Saxophone [Baritone] - Eddie Erteuill Saxophone [Tenor] - Ray Abrams Trumpet - Fats Navarro , Kenny Dorham
3-10	Three Bips & A Bop Featuring Babs Gonzales -	Professor Bop	2:26
		Bass, Vocals - Art Phipps Drums - Jack Parker French Horn - Julius Watkins Piano - Linton Garner Saxophone [Alto] - Jordan Fordin Saxophone [Tenor] - Sonny Rollins Trombone - Bennie Green , J.J. Johnson Vocals - Babs Gonzales
3-11	Patsy Raye & The Beatniks -	Beatnik's Wish	2:28
3-12	Elmer Bernstein -	Like Having Fun	2:17
		Conductor, Composed By - Elmer Bernstein
3-13	Carl Sandburg -	On Beatniks	0:27
3-14	Gerry Mulligan Quartet -	Swinghouse	2:53
		Bass - Carston Smith Drums - Larry Bunker Saxophone [Baritone] - Gerry Mulligan Trumpet - Chet Baker
3-15	Charles Kuralt -	The Greenwich Village Poets	1:36
3-16	Allen Ginsberg -	America	4:47
		Voice, Written-By - Allen Ginsberg

Credits

Artwork By - Geoff Gans
Compilation Producer, Written-by [Foreword] - James Austin
Liner Notes - Barry Alfonso , Bob Dylan , Gordon Skeene , Michael J. Weldon , Stephen Ronan
Mastered By [Remastering] - Bob Fisher

Notes

Includes a 56-page booklet filled with texts, photographs, a selected bibliography and a selected filmography on Beat.

1-01 From Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, Verve, recorded 05/13/1959, released 01/1962.
1-02 Brunswick single, released 08/1959.
1-03 Excerpt from Radio WYNC news feature, broadcast 05/1960.
1-04 From Weary blues, MGM, recorded 03/17/1958.
1-05 Bruce single, released 12/1954.
1-06 From Word Jazz Vol. II, Dot, released 1960.
1-07 Prestige single, recorded 12/1953, released 05/1954.
1-08 Capitol single, released 05/1962.
1-09 From The Heart of Saturday Night, Asylum, released 08/1974.
1-10 From Call me Burroughs, ESP, released 1966.
1-11 From The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentee with Chet Baker, Mosaic, recorded 01/1953, released 1983.
1-12 From Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales, Roulette, released 01/1961.
1-13 RCA Victor single, recorded 08/22/47, released 10/1947.
1-14 From How to Speak Hip, Mercury, released 1961.
1-15 MGM single, released 06/1958.
1-16 From The Clown, Atlantic, recorded 02/13/1957.
1-17 From Kenneth Patchen, Cadence, released 03/1958.

2-01 From Euphoria, Volume II, Vaya, recorded 1951, released 1956.
2-02 From The Hottest Group in Jazz, Columbia, recorded 08/06/1959, released 12/1959.
2-03 Mercury single, recorded 08/1951, released 12/1951.
2-04 RCA Victor single, recorded 09/30/1949, released 12/1949.
2-05 From No More Walls, RCA Red Seal recorded 06/31/1961.
2-06 From Poetry for the Beat generation, Hanover, recorded 03/1958, released 06/1959.
2-07 Excerpt from The Hidden Revolution CBS Radio [news series], broadcast 04/05/1960.
2-08 Clef single, recorded 12/30/1952, released 01/1955.
2-09 From Kookie, Warner, released 1959.
2-10 Debut single, recorded 04/29/1953.
2-11 From Word Jazz Vol. II, Dot Jazz Horizons, released 1957.
2-12 From Beatsville, HiFi, released 11/1959.
2-13 From For the Young at Heart, RCA, released 1961.
2-14 From Poetry and Jazz / At the Blackhawk, Fantasy, released 05/1960.
2-15 From The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce, Fantasy, recorded 1958, released 01/1959.

3-01 From Foreign Affairs, Asylum, recorded 07/08/1977, released 10/1977.
3-02 From The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, NBC TV, broadcast 11/16/1959.
3-03 From The Ben Hecht Show, WABC TV, broadcast 10/17/1958.
3-04 From Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales, Roulette, released 01/1961.
3-05 From How to Speak Hip, Mercury, released 1961.
3-06 From Sin & Soul, Columbia, recorded 10/23/1960, released 12/19/1960.
3-07 From How to Speak Hip, Mercury, released 1961
3-08 MGM single, released 06/1958.
3-09 Swing single
3-10 Capitol single, recorded 01/20/1949, released 04/04/1949.
3-11 Roulette single, released 11/1959.
3-12 From Staccato: a Revue Television Production starring John Cassavetes, Capitol, released 11/1959.
3-13 CBC Television news feature, broadcast 10/28/1959.
3-14 From Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Pacific Jazz, recorded 04/27/1953.
3-15 CBC Television news feature, broadcast 06/09/1959.
3-16 From Howl, Fantasy, recorded 06/59.

ISBN 0-930589-87-4 GEN CODE 08122-70281-21 Alternative catalog number on booklet R2/R4 70281

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Rated 5/5

Review by luna Dec 13, 2006 (edited over 2 years ago)

I stumbled into this compilation by accident and like with most accidents, something great and unexpected can surface. It's really cool to hear the generation before the baby-boomers go off about their dissatisfaction with the way the world was being run in the 50's and 60's. It's ironic that despite the awareness that many generations experience in their youth, it all seems to water down and take a backseat once they take over. It will be really dope to see something similar come around after the hip hop generation has come and gone, what will be of the world then after thugs, drugs and hos? Who knows.