Paul Haines (poet)

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This article is about the Canadian poet and jazz lyricist. For the Australian fiction writer see Paul Haines.

Paul Haines (1933 - January 21, 2003) was a poet and jazz lyricist. Born in Vassar, Michigan, Haines eventually settled in Canada.

Haines's best-known work is Escalator over the Hill, a collaboration with Carla Bley.

Haines's daughter Emily Haines is a songwriter and musician with Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. His daughter Avery Haines is a Canadian television journalist and television show host.

1 Bibliography
2 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Poetry

Third World Two (1981)
Secret Carnival Workers (2007)

[edit] Lyrics

Darn It! Poems by Paul Haines, Musics by Many (1994)
A Beautiful Western Saddle (with Curlew, 1993)
Tropic Appetites (with Carla Bley, 1974)
Escalator over the Hill (with Carla Bley, 1971)
The Memphis Years (with Curlew, 2000)
Trace (with Roof, 1997)
Which Side Are You On (with 4Walls)
American Clave Anthology

[edit] Other writing about Paul Haines

*SUB ROSA* [Peterborough, Ontario, Canada], vol. 5 No. 1, Spring 1995 issue devoted entirely to "Paul Haines: Poetry/ Video/ Jazz", by Tom Sekowski, Stuart Broomer, Roswell Rudd and Michel Contat.
"Paul Haines" by Andrew Jones, *JAZZIZ*, November 1995
"Paul Haines / Now Can You Tell Me: An Article by Stuart Broomer: Words and Music: A Beautiful Western Saddle", *CODA MAGAZINE*, July/Aug 1995
"Paul Haines - The Musical Psychic", by Tom Sekowski. *EXCLAIM!* [Canada], March 1995
"Paul Haines - Man with a Future Vision", by Tom Sekowski, THE NEWSPAPER [Toronto, Canada], 11/23/94an."

[edit] Videography

JUBILEE (1992 21 mins)
OUR RUDD'S GOLDEN CURTAIN (1992 19 mins)
LEARNING TO COPE WITH HOPE (1992 3 mins)
AN ALL-ETHNIC ELECTRIC PROGRAM (1992 transfer from 1966 16mm., 25 mins)
CURLEW: Paul Haines Set to Music (1989 44 mins)
RICE SCENTED IN OUR ABSENCE (1983 33 mins)
THIRD WORLD TWO (1981 50mins)--50 poems (French and English) read or sung by an all-star cast, with original music by Carla Bley, Derek Bailey, Steve Swallow and Sheila Jordan."
UNDERSTANDING AN INTERRUPTION; 16 MUSICS (1981 60 mins)--Paul Bley, Rudd-Lacy, Albert Ayler, Mike Mantler, Gary Burton, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Larry Dubin-CCMC, Carla Bley, Monica Zetterland, Stuart Broomer, and Kip Hanrahan.