Kevorkian Shows Jazzy Side on CD
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NEW YORK — Jack Kevorkian has released a compact disc of 12 jazz tunes, 11 of which he penned himself. Accompanied by the Morpheus Quintet, the 69-year-old Kevorkian can be heard jamming on the flute and the organ on the disc, titled “A Very Still Life.”
Kevorkian, a well-known proponent of assisted suicide, has acknowledged being present at 45 deaths since 1990.
“Bet you never knew that the man they call Dr. Death is a huge fan of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, or that the tune ‘Celery Stalks at Midnight’ can always be counted on to make me smile,” Kevorkian writes.
Song titles on the CD include “Fuguetta Caffeine” and “Whispering, Came Violets.”
New York Post reviewer Dan Aquilante described most of the compositions as melancholy and said “no one is going to accuse Dr. Death of a killer performance.”
A sticker on the CD says that $4 from the $18.99 sticker price of each disc will go toward the construction of a clinic to provide what Kevorkian calls a haven for doctor-assisted suicide.
Kevorkian’s record company, Lucid Subjazz, said it wanted consumers to know what they were supporting, even if it meant fewer sales.
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