Kenneth Patchen
John Cage / Kenneth Patchen (LP)
Very rare ultra-limited first release from 1988 on RRRip of very early electro-acoustic pieces from the 1940's including the collaboration with experimental writer Kenneth Patchen.
Kenneth Patchen Reads With Allyn Ferguson And The Chamber Jazz Sextet (LP)
1983 re-issue on Discovery Records of the influential 1958 jazz-avant-poetry album by experimental poet Patchen, who had previuosly collaborated with John Cage, reading his poetry backed by a chamber-jazz composition by Ferguson.
The City Wears A Slouch Hat
Long out of print 2000 first CD re-issue on Cortical label in an edition limited to 1000 copies of very early John Cage electro-acoustic pieces from the 40's including his collaboration with experimental writer Kenneth Patchen. With OBI.
Reads Jazz In Canada
On a single October evening in 1959, fabled people's poet Kenneth Patchen and Vancouver's Alan Neil Quartet made a little bit of history. Together, they cut one of the first jazz-and poetry recordings to disc -- fiery, spontaneous and free of pretens…