Beyond Jazz: Kerouac and Music
The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty...
Read More
Tag: jazz
The Beats Gave Birth to Modern Hipsters
The generally accepted definition of the word “hipster” in 2017 is a young, non-traditional,...
Read More
Martin Torgoff and John Tytell: Bop Apocalypse
In the above video, Beatdom Books author John Tytell talks with Martin Torgoff, whose new book,...
Read More
Review: Bop Apocalypse
Martin Torgoff’s Bop Apocalypse (not to be confused with the similarly titled The Bop Apocalypse,...
Read More
Beaten White
The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...
Read More
The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...
Read MoreMark Murphy/ Bop for Kerouac
“I want to be considered a jazz poet . . .” i Don’t miss Mark Murphy’s 1981 recording “Bop for...
Read More
“A Fish With Frog’s Eyes”: Bob Kaufman, George Romero and the Power of Radioactivity
By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down...
Read MoreYoung Charlie Parker
“All you need is one person in your whole life to really be listening.” i Young Charlie Parker...
Read More
Summer Bop 2013
“All I can say is, if you know Jimmy Heath, you know Bop.” — Dizzy Gillespiei Jack Kerouac, jazz...
Read More
Carolyn Cassady – Neal, Me and Jack makes three
By Spencer Kansa In 1951, Jack Kerouac began work on a roman-à-clef whose breathless prose would...
Read More
HST & the Music of the Sixties
Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...
Read More
Find Beatdom on Amazon
