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Lowell Celebrates
Kerouac & ComeToLowell.com presents
Jack Kerouac's
89th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, March 12:
FREE Admission! |
See 2010 Event |
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Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Theater
at the foot of 115 John St. |
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Photo
by George DeLuca |
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2
Screenings! |
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Introductions
1:40-1:50pm
Screening
1:50-3:20pm
Questions
3:20-3:30pm |
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Introductions
3:40-3:50pm
Screening
3:50-5:20pm
Questions
5:20-5:30pm |
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"David Amram: The First 80
years!" |
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A "sneak preview" of a film by
Director Lawrence Kraman |
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Intros by Wireless Mike Flynn and Paul
Marion |
Event Producer/Director: George DeLuca
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac and ComeToLowell.com |
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For info contact
george@cometolowell.com |
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No reservations ...
open to public to capacity!
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The Back Page
Jazz & Blues Club,
15 Kearney Sq. |
Photo
by
Tom Palumbo circa 1956 |
Celebrate
Jack's 89th
Birthday!
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7pm show
Event Full!
RSVP for
waiting list!
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Tonight we
celebrate Jack's own definition of "Beat"
focusing on Jack's musical journey
from Lowell's Moody St. to
Harlem, as jazz became a major influence on the mid-20th
Century art scene. |
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10:30pm-2am
"This Song's for You, Jack!"
No reservations required; capacity limitations apply! |
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Americana: |
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10:30-11:30pm Singer/Songwriter
Amy Black |
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11:30pm-1:30am
Roots Blues
Tribute to
Muddy Waters, Willie
Dixon, Little Walter,
Howlin' Wolf and Etta James |
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Starring
Dick Lourie (blues sax), Justin Burns (harp), Rick
Saunders (bass), Denis Brunelle (lead guitar, piano), Carl
Johnson (guitar), Andy Kaknes
(percussion), Jason
Eisenberg, Alan Crane, Frank Morey (vocal) and Scott
Pitman (drums)! |
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Comments |
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"Jack's Beat!" with David Amram & friends |
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7-10pm: An evening of
words, music and improv with David Amram, Kerouac's first
musical collaborator, with guest readers and musicians of the Lowell
area.
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Join us for this celebration of
the Kerouac and Amram collaborations at the Brata Art Gallery
involving NYC's first-ever public jazz/poetry readings, and
the classic music of the jazz artists of the 40s and 50s who
influenced Kerouac's writing. |
2011 Honoree:
Roger Brunelle with Intro by John Sampas and
presentation by
Mayor Jim Milinazzo
Classical:
The UMass Lowell Classical String Trio (my
space):
Joyce Pang, Tim Nunes,
Adam Nunes
Jazz:
David Amram (piano, flute, whistles, french horn),
Allyssa Jones
(vocalist),
Paul Combs (alto sax),
Andy Kaknes (percussion),
Denis Brunelle (guitar)
and from
Lowell Moonglow Entertainment: Mike Payette (bass) &
Charles Langford (tenor sax).
Readings & Reminiscing:
Paul Marion,
Meg Smith, Eleni Zohdi, Dick Lourie,
Audrey Sprenger
(vimeo,
blog),
Jason Eisenberg, Alan Crane, Steve
O'Connor, Dan Murphy and
Richard Rourke. |
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A NOTE from David Amram
February 6, 2011 - Jack Kerouac grew up in Lowell hearing the
jazz masters performing on Moody Street, where all the major
artists played during the heyday of jazz in Lowell.
When Kerouac went to New York City to attend Horace Mann and
then Columbia University, he began frequenting Harlem and went
to Mintons to hear Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Charlie
Parker. Because of his Lowell boyhood and exposure to many
cultural traditions, he was already tuned in to this new music
and its polycultural sophisticated nature.
Kerouac was one of the first writers to understand the
relationship of Formality and Spontaneity, and how the
treasures of the Old World, (the classics of Europe) had a
relationship to the treasures of the New World (USA jazz, blues,
Native and Latin American and Immigrant American musical forms
that combined tradition with improvising).
Growing up in Lowell, he had a sense of community, family, the
church, the beauty of everyday life and respect for every person
who crossed his path; especially people that entered the
gyroscope of his life, wherever he went in his endless travels.
He never lost his hometown roots or relinquished his values in
order to attempt to be cutting edge or trendy. Like all great
artists, he followed his heart and remained true to himself.
Tonight's program celebrates that enduring yea-saying spirit
that fills the pages of Jack's books.
The evening also honors today's artists from the greater Lowell
area who are all blazing trails of their own, inspired by the
same indefinable essence that makes Lowell such a special place
today.
It is a pleasure to collaborate with them in Lowell in the same
way that I did with Jack in NYC over 50 years ago.
David Amram
Putnam Valley NY |
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A
ComeToLowell.com
Production |
also see Lowell
Celebrates Kerouac
March 11 and 12
events & activities |
George DeLuca,
Producer/Director
Wireless Mike Flynn, Master of Ceremonies
Cliff Whalen, Audio |
ComeToLowell.com
"Jack's Beat!"
PROGRAM
will be updated throughout the
week! |
Special Thanks To:
The Lowell National Historical Park, The Back Page,
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, UMass Lowell, the
performers, readers and Lowell
Film Collaborative.
Please note: no video or audio
recording is allowed except by permission. |
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