“The Jazz Poems of Grace Schulman”
Celebrate Jazz Greats
Renowned Award-Winning Poetess Grace Schulman’s
First Spoken Word CD
Released on the MEII Enterprises Label
New York, NY (April 30, 2017): Renowned poetess and 2016 Robert Frost Medal winner (Poetry Society of America) Grace Schulman has recorded a spoken word CD “The Jazz Poems of Grace Schulman,” a first in her 4+ decade career.
This album represents the only aural recording of Schulman’s extensive catalogue of poems. The 10 jazz poems are introduced and read by her.
A jazz lover for most of her life, Schulman’s jazz poems (drawn from several of her poetry collections) pay homage to John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, and Billie Holiday, among others.