A Word about the Lord Buckley Reincarnation Ensemble:

Jason Eisenberg's LORD BUCKLEY REINCARNATION ENSEMBLE re-creates the 1950s bebop oratory invented by Lord Richard Buckley, the visionary beat philosopher/comic and beforedaddy of 20th century spoken word performance. Lord Buckley remains the undisputed King Of The Word Whammy according to his many adherents who acknowledge the influence of his inspirational model--such as Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, David Amram, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, George Carlin, The Beatles, and Robin Williams.

Accompanied by the infectious bebop of The Jazz Orchestra of the Royal Court, Eisenberg's production creates an accurate and gorgeous time-warp into the heyday of Beatdom in America--Lord Buckley style. The characters who inhabit Buckley's illuminating monologues personify an unbridled humanist ethic bordering on impossible optimism with a very hip twist--in startling counterpoint to the darker focus of some of his contemporaries in Beat literature and the arts during the 1940s and 1950s. Holding forth on subjects such as Jesus of Nazareth (The Nazz), Gandhi (The All-Hip Mahatma), Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca (The Gasser), Shakespeare (Willie The Shake), American President Abraham Lincoln (The Gettysburg Address), plus social commentary that remains vital even in the jaded worldview of a 3rd millenium mindset, their recreation of Buckley's LOVE ATTACK on the public fairly bubbles over with an outrageous, ranting joy from deep within the wells of his inspirational oratory.

- Jack Kerouac pays homage to Lord Buckley in his book Desolation Angels (Book II, Chapter 8).

 

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The Lord Buckley Reincarnation Project

Some of our favorite venues:
· Westbeth Theater,New York,NY
· Poetica Nova Series,Barnes&Noble,Nashua NH
· Blacksmith House,Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge,MA
· Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA
· Revolving Museum, Boston,MA w/Peak Squeals Trio
· Allen Ginsberg Memorial w/John Weiners, Old West Church,Boston,MA
· Arlington Center for the Arts,Arlington,MA
· Sugar Shack, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival, Lowell,MA w/David Amram
· The Middle East, Cambridge,MA w/Ken Field's Bored of Education Septet
· The Living Room, New York,NY w/David Amram
· The Bitter End, New York, NY w/David Amram
· Indian Hill Arts, Littleton, MA w/David Amram Quartet
· St. Mark's Church, New York Poetry Project, New York, NY w/David Amram
· Bad Girrls Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA w/Jazz Orchestra of the Royal court
· Squawk Coffeehouse, Cambridge, MA w/ Jazz Orchestra of the Royal court
· NY Underground Music & Poetry Festival w/ Amiri Baraka, NY,NY
· NY Underground Music & Poetry Festival, NY,NY w/David Amram Trio
· Club Passim, Cambridge,MA w/Jazz Orchestra of the Royal Court

PRINT / WEB: INTERVIEWS and QUOTES:
4/3/2000: Interview in the Boston Tab News
6/8/2000: The New York Times
11/2000: Interview in Beat Scene Magazine (#37), England
3/2001: Beat Generation News website, http://home.earthlink.net/~beatnews/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Just returned from Crater B-19, MARS, where he wowed 'em with the bebop sound of The Lord Buckley Reincarnation Ensemble, JASON EISENBERG performs Buckley's Hipsemantic LOVE-BOMBS with his Jazz Orchestra Of The Royal Court at venues including New York's WestBeth Theater, The Bitter End, Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, and Cambridge's Club Passim (Feb 2001). He has recently appeared with composer and beforedaddy of world music David Amram (Buckley's pianist in 1960) at the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival (Oct. 2000) and the New York Underground Music and Poetry Festival (Nov. 2000).

Using a potent elixir made of one part Truth Serum, one part Love Nectar, and one part Psychobabble, "veteran performance artist Eisenberg delivers the Whammy Of All Word Whammys with a cool, crazy sound". - Chris Radant

(Ms. Radant is the author of Home For The Holidays, a major motion picture directed by Jody Foster)