Beat Angel - the spirit of Kerouac

DVD features:

99 minutes movie running time

Video extra: Vincent Balestri performing

Kerouac: The Essence of Jack (19 mins.)

Subtitles French, Spanish, Italian & English

Writers Commentary audio track

Deleted Scenes outtakes

Bibliography of works by Kerouac

All Regions Color NTSC

music by

Michael Bisio

for the BEAT ANGEL score was recorded at Binary Studio, led by Seattle bassist/composer Michael Bisio and engineered by David Jennings.

Michael and Beat Angel drummer Reade Whitwell were joined in the studio by Olympia, woodwind avatar Dan Blunck on saxes and flute.

Michael, Reade and saxophonist Brian Kent perform live in the poetry slam scene and provide additional music. The trio accompanied Vincent Balestri on the theater stage for three years as an integral part of Kerouac: The Essence of Jack.

pianist and singer/songwriter

Brad Reynolds

performed music by Scott Joplin and others on piano and accordian

BEAT ANGEL thanks

Altissimo! Recordings

for music by John Phillip Sousa performed by the

United States Marine Band

additional music by

reed player and composer

Ray Downeywas commissioned to compose an original jazz ballad for a key scene between Mary and Jack. "Dancing On The Rooftop" is a languid tune performed by Ray on tenor sax with Bill McDonough on piano, Larry Holloway on bass and Mike Bejuk on drums.

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