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At the Six Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA, beat generation guru Allen Ginsberg assembles a group of local poets to hear him read his peyote inspired poem, Howl. This is sometimes taken as the beginning of the beatnik movement. Ginsberg later described Howl as 'rather like a jazz mass, I mean the conception of rhythm not derived from jazz directly but if you listen to jazz you get the idea.'Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet are arrested after a concert in Houston, Texas, and charged with gambling illegally in Fitzgerald's dressing room. The charges will later be dropped.
Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet are arrested after a concert in Houston, Texas, USA, and charged with gambling illegally in Fitzgerald's dressing room. The charges will later be dropped.
Allen Ginsberg reads his poem Howl during Six Poets at Six Gallery in The Six Gallery, San Francisco, California. Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Phil Whalen, Kenneth Rexroth and Jack Kerouac also take part in the reading. This event is widely seen as helping to crystallise the Beat Movement in America.
Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet, are arrested after a concert in Houston, Texas, and charged with gambling illegally in Fitzgerald’s dressing room. The charges will later be dropped.