Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 in Cherokee, Iowa - February 16, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American voice-over and recording artist. Ken Nordine became wealthy doing voice-overs for television and radio commercials. But he found his passion in using his dramatic baritone to riff surreally on colors, time, spiders, bullfighting, outer space and dozens of other subjects, improvising poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of storytelling that he called “Word jazz,” and that brought him renown on radio and led to collaborations with Fred Astaire, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Laurie Anderson, Sonny Rollins, Billy Vaughn, Tom Waits or Dead Man Ray to name a few.
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Ken Nordine has released 15+ albums. Some of their notable releases include Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks, Colors (A Sensuous Listening Experience), Talkin' All That Word Jazz Interview 21/9/97. Explore their complete discography on this page.
Some of Ken Nordine's most popular tracks include Maroon, Olive, Green, Yellow, Lavender. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 in Cherokee, Iowa - February 16, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American voice-over and recording artist. Ken Nordine became wealthy doing voice-overs for television... Read the full biography on this page.
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