The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is thrilled to celebrate the acquisition of composer David Amram's archive. Amram was the paramount musician to the Beat Generation, having established the poetry reading and jazz sessions in the sixties with his good friend Jack Kerouac. He's collaborated with an astonishing array of diverse, luminary artists, from Charles Mingus to Odetta to Elia Kazan to …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:02AM on April 23, 2014