Week of April 9, 2007 Pod cast
Source:Pod cast - Poetry Foundation Website
Courtesy of the Poetry Foundation

The Joy of Sax
Jazzing up Billy Collins.

PoetryFoundation.org April 9th Week of 2007 Pod cast featured "The Joy of Sax" by Billy Collins.
The pod cast also included a recording of the Music In The Loft October 12, 2003 Concert with Saxophonist Ashu and pianist Winston Choi playing a composition by Pierre Jalbert, set to a poem by Billy Collins. During the concert, the Poem was read by Steve Robinson, senior vice president of 98.7 WFMT.

Poem by Billy Collins

William J. ("Billy") Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served two terms as the 44th Poet Laureate of the United States, from 2001 to 2003. In his home state, Collins has been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004.

He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the University of California, Riverside.

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Pierre Jalbert, composer

Pierre Jalbert served as Composer-in-Residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra from 2002 - 2005 and is currently Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in Houston. He has received numerous awards for his compositions, including the Rome Prize, the BBC Masterprize, a Guggenheim fellowship, BMI and ASCAP Awards, a Society of Composer's Award, and the Bearns Prize in Composition.

His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and abroad, including two Carnegie Hall performances of his orchestral works. . . read more . . .