Jackson Mac Low (born September 12, 1922 - died December 8, 2004) was a US-American poet, composer, writer of performance pieces, essays, radio works and plays, a painter and multimedia performance artist.
He is best known for his poetry however, and had many books published in his life time. He pushed the written and spoken forward in a way that was as radical was what John Cage (who composed music for one of Mac Low's plays) did with music. Much of his later work was done in collaboration with his second wife, Anne Tardos. Among his other collaborators was La Monte Young with whom he published the legendary book An Anthology (which included contributions from George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Dennis, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Malka Safro, Simone Forti, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Diter Rot, James Waring, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young). To celebrate his 75th birthday, Crayon magazine published a book and CD titled "Festschrift for Jackson Mac Low's 75th Birthday" with pieces from Jackson Mac Low's friends from around the world. Among the contributors to this was Sten Hanson who has stated that Mac Low is his favorite poet (see the track "That Jackson Is My Favourite Poet" on the CD Text-Sounds Gems & Trinkets).
2011
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album, Multichannel, Jew
2006
Granary Books
CD, Comp
2006
Tarmac Books And Music
CD, Album
1996
Granolithic Productions
Cass, C60
1993
Experimental Intermedia Foundation
CD
1985
Tarmac Books And Music
Cass, Album
1977
New Wilderness Audiographics
Cass
1977
1976
1975
1972
Alcheringa
Flexi, 7", Squ
1970
Roaring Fork Press
Flexi, 8"
Edizioni Lotta Poetica, Studio Morra
LP
Thin Air Video
VHS, NTSC
1993
Koch International Classics
2xCD
1965
2022
Recital (2)
4xCass + Box, Ltd, Num
2021
Alga Marghen
4xLP, S/Sided + Box, Ltd, Num
2020
Slowscan
LP, Album
2020
2019
2018
Cyalume & Argonzer
LP, Album, Ltd
2018
Alga Marghen
CD, RE + CD, RE + CD, RE + Box, Comp, Num
2015
2014
Harmonia Mundi
2xCD, Comp
2012
WERGO
5xCD + Box, Comp
2011
2006
WERGO
2xCD, Album
2006
2006
2004
Alga Marghen
CD, Ltd
2002
2000
Siltbreeze, Quakebasket
CD
1997
Crayon (2)
CD, Comp
1996
1995
Thin Air Video
VHS, NTSC
1994
1990
Tellus
Cass, Comp
1981
P.A. Taylor
LP
1980
1968
Broadside Records
LP
1968
2024
Vinyl-on-demand
11xLP + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num
2024
Slowscan
2xLP, Album, Comp, Ltd
2013
Alga Marghen
CD
2011
WERGO
2xCD, Comp
1999
WERGO
2xCD, Comp
1979
Revealer Cassettes
Cass, Comp
1978
Watershed Tapes, Watershed Intermedia
2xCass, Comp, C70 + Box, Album
1976
Giorno Poetry Systems, Giorno Poetry Systems, Giorno Poetry Systems
2xLP, Comp
1966
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