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‘POEMJAZZ’ collaboration steers clear of Beat trappings

By Andrew Gilbert

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 24, 2012

Long before Robert Pinsky thought of putting verse to paper, the future poet laureate distinguished himself among his peers with his enthusiasm for the tenor saxophone. He can’t hide a hint of pride recalling that his New Jersey classmates at Long Branch High School voted him the most musical (“You can believe me I wasn’t voted most likely to succeed,’’ he says). Pinsky premieres his “POEMJAZZ’’ collaboration with pianist Laurence Hobgood tonight at Regattabar.

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