Ken Nordine

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Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920, Chicago, USA) is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums, featuring spoken word poetry over a jazz backdrop. Nordine notably collaborated with Laurie Anderson, Sonny Rollins, Tom Waits and Jerry Garcia.
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Releases:
Concert In The Sky (LP, Album)   Decca (2) 1955
My Baby (7")   Dot Records 1957
Son Of Word Jazz (Album) (2 versions)   Dot Records 1957
Word Jazz (LP, Mono)   Dot Records 1957
My Baby (LP, Album, Mono)   Dot Records 1959
Next! (Album) (2 versions)   Dot Records 1959
Word Jazz Vol. II (Album) (2 versions)   Dot Records 1960
Colors: A Sensuous Listening Experience (Album) (3 versions)   Philips ... 1966
Twink (Album) (3 versions)   Philips ... 1967
The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 3 (Vinyl, Album)   Dot Records 1968
How Are Things In Your Town? (2xLP, Album, Ltd)   Blue Thumb Records 1971
Stare With Your Ears (LP, Album)   Snail Records 1979
Grandson Of Word Jazz (Vinyl, Album)   Snail Records 1986
The Best Of Word Jazz, Vol. 1 (CD, RM)   Rhino Entertainment Company 1990
Devout Catalyst (Album) (2 versions)   Grateful Dead Records 1992
A Transparent Mask (CD, Album)   Asphodel 2001
You're Getting Better: The Complete Word Jazz Dot Masters (2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, Ltd)   Hip-O Select 2005
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Sounds In Space (LP, Comp)   RCA Victor 1958
The Shifting Whispering Sands (LP) The Shifting, Whisperi... Dot Records 1962
The Shifting Whispering Sands (7", EP) The Shifting, Whisperi... Dot Records 1962
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films) (Album, Comp) (3 versions) Hi Diddlee Dee Dee (An... A&M Records 1988
The Beat Generation (3xCD + Box) Reaching Into In, Hung... Rhino Records (2) 1992
A Chance Operation - The John Cage Tribute (2xCD)   Koch International Classics 1993
Closed On Account Of Rabies: Poems And Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe (2xCD, Album) The Conqueror Worm Mercury 1997
Sound Museum (Album) (2 versions) The Sound Museum EastWest Japan ... 1997
This Is HP Lovecraft / HP Lovecraft II (CD, Comp) Nothing's Boy Britonic Records 1997
Sound Museum / Stupid Fresh (2xCD) The Sound Museum EastWest 1998
A Dub Plate Of Food Volume 2 (Maxi) (2 versions) The Ageing Young Rebel... Ninja Tune 2000
Kaleidoscope (Album) (5 versions) The Ageing Young Rebel... Ninja Tune ... 2000
Ninja Sampler Phase 1 (CD, Smplr, Promo) Ageing Young Rebel Ninja Tune 2000
Xen Cuts (Comp) (7 versions) The Ageing Young Rebel... Ninja Tune 2000
Cago (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin Music (Belgium) ... 2002
Dreams In The Witch House (The Complete Philips Recordings) (CD, Comp) Nothing's Boy Rev-Ola 2005
The Wide Weird World Of Henry Jacobs / The Fine Art Of Goofing Off (CD + DVD) Cigarette Yoga Important Records (2) 2005
One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World (CD, Single, Promo) All Covered In Darknes... Ninja Tune 2009
Ken Nordine Reads Passion In The Desert (LP)   Version Records  
Sounds In Space (7")   RCA Victor  
Sounds In Space (7")   RCA Victor  
Words We Live By / Six Commercials In Search Of A Client (Flexi, 7")   Eva-Tone Soundsheets  
Tracks Appear On:
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films) (Album, Comp) (4 versions) Hi Diddlee Dee Dee (An... A&M Records 1988
The Beat Generation (3xCD + Box) Reaching Into In, Hung... Rhino Records (2) 1992
A Chance Operation - The John Cage Tribute (2xCD) A Cage Went In Search ... Koch International Classics 1993
Incredibly Strange Music - Volume II (CD) Flesh, Green, Yellow Asphodel 1995
CMJ New Music January - Volume 29 (CD, Comp, Promo) Olive College Music Journal 1996
Resonance Radio Issue (CD, Promo) Movie Idea London Musicians' Collective 1997
Resonance Volume 5 Number 2: Retuning Radio (CD) Movie Idea London Musicians' Collective 1997
The Best Of Out Of The Cool Vol.1 (CD, Comp) Faces In The Jazzmatazz Yellowstone Records 1997
Yellow Productions: Ten Years Of Music (Comp) (2 versions) Yellow Yellow Productions ... 2003
Solid Steel 1998-2008: 20 Years Of The Broadest Beats (DVD, MP3) Ken Nordine Interview ... Ninja Tune 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Kaleidoscope (CD, Album, Unofficial) The Ageing Young Rebel... ArsNova  
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