Paul Haines (poet)

Paul Haines ( born 1933 in Vassar, Michigan, † January 21, 2003 in Ennismore, Ontario, Canada ) was an American- Canadian poet and filmmaker, known for his collaborations with jazz musicians.

Life

Haines was born in the U.S. and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. Thereafter he lived in Paris, New York, New Mexico and New Delhi, before he settled in Canada. He became famous for his libretto for the free jazz / avant-garde masterpiece Escalator over the Hill - ( playing in a hotel in India, where Haines moved to this time) A Chronotransduction ( JCOA, ECM, 1971) with music by Carla Bley. In the first live performance of the play by Carla Bley in 1997 at the Cologne Music Triennale and the subsequent European tour Haines was narrated it. With it, he also worked on Tropic Appetites (1974) and on its Video Third World Two ( 1981). Kip Hanrahan had his poems about a group of musicians in Darn It! (American Clavé Records, including Jack Bruce, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, John Tchicai, Alex Chilton, Don Pullen, Carla Bley, Paul Bley, 1986-1993 ) set to music. 1993 continued the band Curlew ( which included Tom Cora and Amy Denio time ) on A Beautiful Western Saddle ( Cuneiform ) also of his poems to music. Other settings of his poetry can be found on George Cartwright's album The Memphis Years. Haines also wrote jazz reviews and liner notes.

Haines poems are surreal Dadaist. From his books of poetry, Third World Two ( 1981) and posthumously 2007 Secret Carnival Workers (Coach House Books ) published.

His daughter Emily Haines ( born 1974 in New Delhi ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter; his daughter Avery Haines (born 1966 in New Mexico ) is a Canadian television journalist.