September
5th 2007 marked the 50th Anniversary of the publishing of Jack Kerouac's "On
The Road."
Throughout 2007, events marking this milepost have been going
on all over the world. Starting in January, Kerouac’s first musical collaborator,
David Amram, has been tirelessly "Chasin' Cool' crisscrossing America
bringing his unique perspective and style to audiences across the country.
This October finds
David Amram bringing his joyous elaborations to Denver, CO from October 14th thru
the 18th to celebrate Kerouac's spirit and legacy.
Sunday,
October 14, 2-4 pm The First and Only Extended Reading of the Original
Scroll Manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" with John Ventimiglia
of HBO's "The Sopranos," Jack Kerouac's first musical collaborator,
composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist David Amram and Amram's Denver
Based Trio Tony Black and Artie Moore at the B2 Conference Center
of the Denver Central Library. This event is free and open to the public.
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Here For More Info!
Monday,
October 15, noon-2 pm American Dreamers, The Collaborative Work of Jack
Kerouac and David Amram. David discusses how Jack Kerouac's writings, ideas
and friendship influenced his symphonic work, including his two newest orchestral
pieces, "Symphonic Variations
on a Song by Woody Guthrie" and his "Giants
of the Night," a new flute concerto commissioned and premiered by
Sir James Galway, At the B2 Conference Center of the Denver Central
Library. This event is free and open to the public.
Monday,
October 15, 7:30 pm A
dramatic reading of a work by Howard Zinn Amram joins a cast of outstanding
actors, reading the roles of Chief Tecumseh and Howard Zinn himself,
as well as performing music for the Howard Zinn play "Voices of the People's
History" at the Curious Theater
on Acoma Street at 7:30 pm. Sponsored by Paradigm
Publishers.
Tuesday,
October 16 David Amram & Trio appear Live on KUVO
FM on October 16th at 4 PM MDT (6 PM EDT) Click
Here To Listen Live on The Web!
Tuesday,
October 16 7 pm Amram reads from and signs his new book "Upbeat:
Nine Lives of a Musical Cat" The reading and signing takes
place at the Tattered
Cover LoDo 1628 16th Street in Denver Sponsored by Paradigm
Publishers.
Wednesday
1-5 pm Amram at University of Colorado Boulder: From Homer to
Hip Hop Amram joins Joshua Kupetz, one of the editors of the original Scroll
for Jack Kerouac's On the Road, and addresses Kupetz's students of English Literature,
demonstrating the relationship of literature and music in different societies
and how both authors and composers have used their own cultures to enrich their
creations, while also serving as documentarians of their time, as well as often
collaborating and being inspired by one another.
Thursday,
October 18, 4-5:30 pm Upbeat! 9 Lives of a Musical Cat, A Bilingual
Concert for Children and Adults David Amram and his trio play music from around
the world, with Amram narrating in English and Spanish. at the B2 Conference
Center of the Denver Central Library. This event is free and open to the public.
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Here For More Info!
Celebrating
Kerouac In NYC and Lowell In September!
Of
Note!
Celebrating 50 Years of Jack Kerouac's On The Road
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September 5th 2007 marks the 50th Anniversary
of the publishing of Jack Kerouac's "On
The Road."
Throughout 2007, events marking this milepost have been going on all over
the world. Starting in January, Kerouac’s first musical collaborator,
David Amram, has been tirelessly "Chasin' Cool' criss-crossing America
bringing his unique perspective and style to audiences across the country.
This September found David bringing his year's travels to a splendorous crescendo
in his friend's home town of Lowell, MA and NYC to celebrate Kerouac's spirit
and legacy. Click Here
for Video and Reviews
from these stellar gigs!
The
Celebration goes On!
News
& Of Note - The Journey Goes On
- Celebrating 50 Years ofJack Kerouac's On The Road -
November finds David Amram in London, England from the 10th thru the 12th
for the 2nd London International Poetry And Song Festival
(LIPS II) continuing the celebration of Kerouac's spirit and legacy. Click
Here For More Info on David's On The Road Celebration in London
for LIPS II!
News,
New & Of Note - Jack's Last Call: Say
Goodbye to Kerouac - A AudioPlay adaptation of Kerouac's
Last Call has been produced by award winning audio dramatist
Sue Zizza and playwright Patrick Fenton specially for audio and
the public radio audience. Directed by Sue Zizza the AudioPlay stars Tony
Award winning actor, Len Cariou as The Reporter (The voice of the narrator)
Drew Keil as Jack Kerouac and features music by Jazz composer, original
Kerouac collaborator,
David Amram.
Now
Playing on PRX!
News,
New & Of Note! - "Jack's Last Call:
Say Goodbye to Kerouac" premieres on PRX -
The AudioPlay adaptation of the Patrick Fenton StagePlay, "Kerouac's
Last Call" premiered April 2, 2008 on PRX
- the Public Radio Exchange.
Click
Here To Learn More and Listen to Jack's
Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac."
Check
Back For More 50+
Years of Jack
Kerouac's
On The Road Celebration
Dates!
