David Amram is a prolific composer. He wrote the film score to Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate. He's composed more than one hundred orchestral works, and he's collaborated with an incredible range of artists. However, it's his work with poet Jack Kerouac that makes him the unofficial godfather of mixing jazz and poetry. New Hampshire Public Radio Producer Andrew Walsh caught up with David Amram in advance of his appearance at Portsmouth's "Jazzmouth" festival.
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David Amram is a prolific composer. He wrote the film score to Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate. He's composed more than one hundred orchestral works, and he's collaborated with an incredible range of artists. However, it's his work with poet Jack Kerouac that makes him the unofficial godfather of mixing jazz and poetry. New Hampshire Public Radio Producer Andrew Walsh caught up with David Amram in advance of his appearance at Portsmouth's "Jazzmouth" festival.
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David Amram is a prolific composer. He wrote the film score to Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate. He's composed more than one hundred orchestral works, and he's collaborated with an incredible range of artists. However, it's his work with poet Jack Kerouac that makes him the unofficial godfather of mixing jazz and poetry. New Hampshire Public Radio Producer Andrew Walsh caught up with David Amram in advance of his appearance at Portsmouth's "Jazzmouth" festival.
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