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David Amram-composer, jazz artist, conductor, and world music
pioneer-has been described by the Boston Globe as "the Renaissance
man of American music." From early collaborations with Kerouac and
Sinatra, chosen by Leonard Bernstein as the New York Philharmonic's
first composer in residence, Amram's artistry has taken him from
concerts with Willie Nelson to jamming with the Massai tribe of
Kenya. In Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat, Amram recounts his
extraordinary adventures in the many worlds of music he calls home,
all told in a rollicking anecdotal style that makes you feel that
you are at home around the world. He writes, "Everywhere I have
been in the world, music transcends politics. As musicians, we were
able to go beyond all that and just be fellow human beings."
Threading through Amram's tale of music, hard work, respect, and
friendship are unforgettable stories of fellow great artists-Dizzie
Gillespie, Hunter S. Thompson, Janet Gaynor, George Plimpton, Lyle
Lovett, Zoe Caldwell, Willie Nelson, and many more.
David Amram has played and rambled and galloped and staggered
through a remarkably broad sweep of American life, experience, and
creative struggle. The Boston Globe has described him 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, combining Amram's music with Kerouac's narration. Amram,
honored as the first Composer-in-Residence of the New York
Philharmonic, has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber
works, written two operas, and has collaborated with Leonard
Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Dustin
Hoffman, Thelonious Monk, Willie Nelson, Nancy Griffith, Johnny
Depp, and more. Vibrations is the story of one boy's adventures
growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania, working odd jobs, misfitting
in the U.S. Army, barnstorming through Europe with the famous
Seventh Army Symphony, exiling in Paris, scuffling on the Lower
East Side, day-laboring-often down but never out-finally emerging
as a major musical force. With its stage-setting foreword by
Douglas Brinkley and a new afterword by Kerouac biographer Audrey
Sprenger, this new edition is not to be missed.
David Amram has played and rambled and galloped and staggered
through a remarkably broad sweep of American life, experience, and
creative struggle. The Boston Globe has described him 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, combining Amram's music with Kerouac's narration. Amram,
honored as the first Composer-in-Residence of the New York
Philharmonic, has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber
works, written two operas, and has collaborated with Leonard
Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Dustin
Hoffman, Thelonious Monk, Willie Nelson, Nancy Griffith, Johnny
Depp, and more. Vibrations is the story of one boy's adventures
growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania, working odd jobs, misfitting
in the U.S. Army, barnstorming through Europe with the famous
Seventh Army Symphony, exiling in Paris, scuffling on the Lower
East Side, day-laboring-often down but never out-finally emerging
as a major musical force. With its stage-setting foreword by
Douglas Brinkley and a new afterword by Kerouac biographer Audrey
Sprenger, this new edition is not to be missed.
David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American
Music." His musical career has spanned participating with Jack
Kerouac in the original jazz-poetry reading in 1957 in Greenwich
Village to being honored as the first Composer-in-Residence for the
New York Philharmonic and to playing in Farm Aid concerts. He's
performed with an incredible variety of musical greats, such as
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Willie Nelson, and and Tito
Puente, and he continues to compose and tour nationally.Now
available in paperback, following the 50th anniversary of the
publication of Kerouac's classic "On The Road," "Offbeat" is the
rollicking story of this legendary musician and his adventures with
his close friend Jack Kerouac. Amram and Kerouac shared a
relationship based on creativity, respect, and fun, and "Offbeat"
offers the reader a full share of each. This wonderful memoir takes
the reader from the coffee houses of New York to the San Francisco
Opera House and into the making of the now-classic film "Pull My
Daisy," "Offbeat" is Amram's energetic and heartfelt account of
Kerouac and the creative community of artists-including Allen
Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Langston Hughes, and Neal and Carolyn
Cassady-that courageously explored their creative potential and, in
doing so, changed American culture forever.
David Amram-composer, jazz artist, conductor, and world music
pioneer-has been described by the Boston Globe as "the Renaissance
man of American music." From early collaborations with Kerouac and
Sinatra, chosen by Leonard Bernstein as the New York Philharmonic's
first composer in residence, Amram's artistry has taken him from
concerts with Willie Nelson to jamming with the Massai tribe of
Kenya. In Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat, Amram recounts his
extraordinary adventures in the many worlds of music he calls home,
all told in a rollicking anecdotal style that makes you feel that
you are at home around the world. He writes, "Everywhere I have
been in the world, music transcends politics. As musicians, we were
able to go beyond all that and just be fellow human beings."
Threading through Amram's tale of music, hard work, respect, and
friendship are unforgettable stories of fellow great artists-Dizzie
Gillespie, Hunter S. Thompson, Janet Gaynor, George Plimpton, Lyle
Lovett, Zoe Caldwell, Willie Nelson, and many more.
David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American
Music." His musical career has spanned participating with Jack
Kerouac in the original jazz-poetry reading in 1957 in Greenwich
Village to being honored as the first Composer-in-Residence for the
New York Philharmonic and to playing in Farm Aid concerts. He's
performed with an incredible variety of musical greats, such as
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Willie Nelson, and and Tito
Puente, and he continues to compose and tour nationally. Now
available in paperback, following the 50th anniversary of the
publication of Kerouac's classic On The Road, Offbeat is the
rollicking story of this legendary musician and his adventures with
his close friend Jack Kerouac. Amram and Kerouac shared a
relationship based on creativity, respect, and fun, and Offbeat
offers the reader a full share of each. This wonderful memoir takes
the reader from the coffee houses of New York to the San Francisco
Opera House and into the making of the now-classic film Pull My
Daisy. Offbeat is Amram's energetic and heartfelt account of
Kerouac and the creative community of artists-including Allen
Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Langston Hughes, and Neal and Carolyn
Cassady-that courageously explored their creative potential and, in
doing so, changed American culture forever.
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