STEVEN JESSE BERNSTEIN & PETE LEINONEN | Words & Music
Cassette (1993)

SEATTLE POET STEVEN JESSE BERNSTEIN (WORDS) JOINS SEATTLE BASSIST PETE LEINONEN (MUSIC) FOR THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE FIRST AIRED ON THE PACIFICA RADIO NETWORK IN 1984.
Recorded on 1/4″ tape by Original Cast in Seattle, Washington, and first broadcast nationwide on Pacifica Network. Words and Music is a duo, not a reader with an accompanist. It is a fiery blend of the seasoned writing, performing, and musical talents of Jesse Bernstein and Pete Leinonen. Bernstein’s writing is radical and desperate. He intones his words variously like a country preacher or bored housewife. Pete Leinonen’s composed and improvised music is a brilliant melding of jazz, classical, and international traditions. His lines explode around the words, vanish, reappear and take off on wild solo flights. Words and Music delivers an original and potent performance.

SIDE ONE
Medley: The Ghost, These Forgotten Stockings, My Kind Of Game, One Drunk Mother | Waiting For Some Things To Come Through |From The Wraith (Ch 6)
SIDE TWO
The First 10 Pages Of  “Hermione.”

CONDTION: M/M
Cassette
Original Cast Recordings | OCC-002 (1993)