Kerouac on Record: A Literary Soundtrackby Simon Warner (Author), Jim Sampas (Editor) He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid century jazz of New York City, the development of which he witnessed first hand during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957 bookOn the Road, admired the