Ernst Jandl at the Wholly Communion poetry slam at Royal Albert Hall, London, 1965
Images from: SILO Academie 23 Blog
Official Jandl website by Random House publishers
Ernst Jandl was not just a musician as a performer of his poetry, also his collaborations with mostly jazz musicians are countless. And he was a great collector of jazz records.
ORF Radio Ö1 presented me with a sleepless night last night – with their presentation of Jandl collection jazz tunes at Ö1 Jazznacht. What a great selection from Chico Hamilton to (Austrian) Spontan Musik Trio, with classics by Albert Ayler, Ghosts, or Michel Petrucciani.
Moving ancedotes by pianist Uli Scherer who frequently went on tour with Jandl: why wouldn't Jandl do more than 5 gigs per year with his 'band', even though they could have been sold out a lot more often? – Well, growing old, he wanted to make sure he would die in his home town Vienna …
A complete playlist of the program will be online later via the link above.
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