Mon, Oct 18 – On the Road, Part I
by Dr. H - October 18th, 2021
Recommended reading:
David Hopkins, “To Be or Not to Bop: Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and the Culture of Bebop and Rhythm ‘n’ Blues,” Popular Music May 2005, 24 (2): 279-286.
Sal’s soundtrack:
Lionel Hampton, Hey Ba Ba Re Bop
George Shearing, Bop Look and Listen
Beethoven, Overture to Fidelio
Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, The Hunt
Some guides to Beat poets and writers:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/147552/an-introduction-to-the-beat-poets
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/03/02/where-start-beat-generation
https://poets.org/text/brief-guide-beat-poets
Wikipedia article: Beat Generation (remember what we learned about how to critically read these!)