The Poetry of Jazz, Vol. 2

The Poetry of Jazz, Vol. 2

Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet as fellow professors at California State University, Fresno, and they ended up working closely together in the three years before Levine's death in 2015. Boone and Levine's 2018 release, "The Poetry of Jazz," captured a genre-expanding partnership unlike anything else in the jazz canon. "Volume Two" completes the program with 14 poems and three instrumental compositions by Boone.

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Boone, B., Hamada, B., VonBerg, C., Levine, P., & Kosloff, S. (2019). The Poetry of Jazz, Vol. 2 [CD]. Origin Records. http://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82772