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Jazz Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)

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I liked a lot of what was in this collection, although the definition of poetry seems to be stretched quite a bit. Still a good read and I did find some poems out of this book that I'll want to keep.

As a newcomer to Jazz as a music form, I am pretty unclear as to what "jazz poetry" is. This is a good intro to what is jazz poetry. I do agree with the other reviewer, this is less about jazz, though the major artists are mentioned, and more about America, or life for that matter. This is just plain good stuff. It is enjoying to read this. I am not too much into poetry, I mean, I have an appreciation for all literary styles and have had always a slight passing fancy in poetry, but have never been a *huge* fan. But this is good. It's poetry, but a different slant on poetry maybe. Well worth the read.

A wonderful, tight anthology. Not really just about jazz. But about America--a country that produced a new form out of the torment of trying to understand itself. A beautiful book.