The Jazz Poetry Anthology (A Midland Book)
Dizzy Gillespie had this to say: "These poems hit it right on the head, and the book is  certainly essential for anyone who is interested in our music."  Containing poems not just about jazz,  but also written in the spirit of jazz, this book is an outstanding example of how productive cross- fertilization between the arts can be. Of course, Jack Kerouac's "239th Chorus" is a standout,  but there are also swinging poems from Etheridge Knight, Marilyn Hacker, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and  many others.