Beat aesthetics in jazz, rock, and performance poetry (1955–1975)

1. Six Gallery reading premieres “Howl” performance

   Oct 7, 1955Labels: Allen Ginsberg, Six Gallery

   • Britannica
   • HISTORY
   • Six Gallery

2. City Lights publishes *Howl and Other Poems*

   Nov 1, 1956Labels: City Lights, Howl

   • Howl Poems
   • Pocket Poets

3. Ken Nordine releases *Word Jazz*

   Jan 1, 1957Labels: Ken Nordine, Word Jazz

   • Word Jazz

4. Kerouac’s *On the Road* is published

   Sep 5, 1957Labels: Jack Kerouac, On the

   • On the Road

5. Judge Horn rules in *Howl* obscenity case

   Oct 3, 1957Labels: Judge Clayton, People v

   • Howl Poems
   • Britannica

6. Ferlinghetti publishes *A Coney Island of the Mind*

   Jan 1, 1958Labels: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney

   • Coney Island
   • Poets org

7. Langston Hughes issues jazz-poetry sessions with Mingus

   Jan 1, 1959Labels: Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus

   • Weary Blues

8. Kerouac releases *Blues and Haikus* spoken-jazz LP

   Jan 1, 1959Labels: Jack Kerouac, Blues and

   • Blues Haikus

9. Kerouac and Steve Allen release *Poetry for the Beat Generation*

   Jun 1, 1959Labels: Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen

   • Apple Music
   • Beat Generation

10. Mingus releases *Mingus Ah Um*

    Oct 1, 1959Labels: Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah

    • Mingus Ah Um

11. Baraka’s *Dutchman* premieres off-Broadway

    Mar 1, 1964Labels: Amiri Baraka, Dutchman

    • Britannica
    • Dutchman Play

12. The Fugs release debut album (*The Village Fugs*)

    Jan 1, 1965Labels: The Fugs, The Village

    • Fugs Debut

13. Dylan releases “Subterranean Homesick Blues” single

    Mar 8, 1965Labels: Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick

    • Dylan Single

14. Dylan releases “Desolation Row” on *Highway 61 Revisited*

    Aug 30, 1965Labels: Bob Dylan, Desolation Row

    • Desolation Row

15. First Acid Test held in Soquel, California

    Nov 27, 1965Labels: Ken Kesey, Acid Test

    • Acid Tests

16. The Grateful Dead debut their name at an Acid Test

    Dec 4, 1965Labels: The Grateful, Acid Test

    • SF Chronicle
    • Acid Tests

17. Dylan releases “Visions of Johanna” on *Blonde on Blonde*

    Jun 20, 1966Labels: Bob Dylan, Visions of

    • Visions
    • Blonde

18. The Last Poets form in Harlem’s Mount Morris Park

    May 19, 1968Labels: The Last, Mount Morris

    • Poetry Found
    • Last Poets