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Jazz Fantasia

by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is central, but not so clearly defined, so we had to play around and improvise. Every reading is unique! (Summary by LauraFox)

• Bartleby e-text
• Wikipedia – Carl Sandburg
• LibriVox’s Jazz Fantasia Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (13.2MB)
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes

Total runtime: 0:27.16

mp3 and ogg files

• Version 1 – 00:01:56
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  Read by: Alan Davis-Drake
• Version 2 – 00:01:40
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  Read by: Annie Coleman
• Version 3 – 00:01:32
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  Read by: Betsie Bush
• Version 4 – 00:01:48
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  Read by: David Gunn
• Version 5 – 00:01:13
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  Read by: Dave Ranson
• Version 6 – 00:01:24
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  Read by: Ezwa
• Version 7 – 00:01:55
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  Read by: Ianna Drake
• Version 8 – 00:01:42
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  Read by: JemmaBlythe
• Version 9 – 00:01:29
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  Read by: Linton
• Version 10 – 00:01:42
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  Read by: Laura Fox
• Version 11 – 00:01:29
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  Read by: Mark F. Smith
• Version 12 – 00:01:28
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  Read by: Peter Eastman
• Version 13 – 00:01:51
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  Read by: Peter Yearsley
• Version 14 – 00:01:23
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  Read by: Rev. Roy Gilkey
• Version 15 – 00:01:26
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  Read by: Sean McKinley
• Version 16 – 00:01:42
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  Read by: Tracy Hall
• Version 17 – 00:01:36
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  Read by: Tears on Roses

Catalogued on 10 August 2006