jazz Archives - Beatdom

Beyond Jazz: Kerouac and Music

Posted by David S. Wills | Dec 4, 2018 | Reviews

The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty...

Posted by Karen Dewar | Feb 21, 2017 | Essays

The generally accepted definition of the word “hipster” in 2017 is a young, non-traditional,...

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 5, 2017 | Beat News

In the above video, Beatdom Books author John Tytell talks with Martin Torgoff, whose new book,...

Posted by David S. Wills | Dec 7, 2016 | Reviews

Martin Torgoff’s Bop Apocalypse (not to be confused with the similarly titled The Bop Apocalypse,...

The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...