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David Amram

Celebrating 50+ Years of
Jack Kerouac's On The Road

David Amram "Keeoing The Flame Alive" at HowlFest 2004! - Click Here To Learn More about David Amram and Jack Kerouac! - Phot by Jeremy Hogan..

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. Click 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.

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 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. Click Here For More Info!

 

Celebrating Kerouac In NYC and Lowell In September!

David Amram Celebrates 50 Years of Jack Kerouac's On The Road - Click Here for More Info on David's Celebration dates in NYC and Lowell!
Of Note! Celebrating 50 Years of Jack Kerouac's On The Road - 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!

 

David Amram "Keeoing The Flame Alive" at HowlFest 2004! - Click Here To Learn More about David Amram and Jack Kerouac! - Phot by Jeremy Hogan..

The Celebration goes On!

Click Here To Learn More about The London International Poetry and Song Festival - LIPS II - 2007!
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!


Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac - Audio Play adaptation of the Patrick Fenton Stage Play "Kerouac's Last Call."

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!

"Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac" premieres on PRX - Click Here To Learn More and Listen to Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac."

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.

"Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac" premieres on PRX - Click Here To Learn More and Listen to Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac."

Click Here To Learn More and Listen to Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac."




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On Sunday, December 11th 'Ode to the Sidewalks of New York Jazz & Poetry Reading' will happen once again hosted by legendary musician, composer, author David Amram & his Trio at the Bowery Poetry Club. - Click Here For More Info! - ALSO View Pix and Clips from May's Ode Celebration!

Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac - AudioPlay adaptation of the Patrick Fenton play "Kerouac's Last Call" - Click Here to Learn More, Link and Listen to Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac!

As The Poets and The Players make their way from The Heartland to The Cities and Beyond they bring back their Sights, Sounds and Stories from The Road. Click Here for their recounts and Learn Why . . . Travel Is Fatal!

Dave Amram Birthday Special! Click Here for VidClips, Pix and Debut Mp3's from  the new CD "The Long Road To Nowheresville!"

Frank Messina and Dave Amram perform the Kerouac classic at Insomniacathon 2003
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