Keith LaMar was originally supposed to be executed by the state of Ohio this month.
Keith LaMar, shown on screen from the Ohio State Penitentiary, calls in to stages around the world to perform his unique spoken word poetry. He'll be doing the same with a live jazz quartet next week at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The following interview with LaMar, conducted over email and phone, was edited for length and clarity. SCENE: Tell me about growing up in Cleveland. And what was music’s role in your life as a kid and teenager?The Village had its own maladies and dysfunction, ranging from domestic abuse, alcoholism, drugs—all the things that attend living in a small-town setting. There were more places of refuge there, places where a young person could hide, but only to the extent that it meant escaping from reality, which I did quite often.
SCENE: What is it about jazz, specifically the '60s and '70s experimental, free-form music, that conveys a sense of freedom for you? SCENE: Prosecutors Bill Anderson and Seth Tieger have noted that your sentence and guilt has been held up in appeals every time. What are they getting wrong?
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