Before you read the words written below about the life and times and accomplishments of a man named Ken Nordine, who died Saturday at his North Side home at the age of 98, it would be a good idea ...

Ken Nordine in his home studio in the late 1970s. His free-form, stream-of-consciousness poems were a kind of spoken jazz, delivered in a resonant baritone.

Ken Nordine had a voice that launched 1,000 radio shows, commercials, movie trailers and spoken-word records. The Edgewater resident, who died Saturday, was 98.

KEN NORDINE: (Vocalizing) Wants to know that I love my baby, and my baby loves me. A short time ago, we went out together into a place called Far Out.

Chicago’s Oldest Living Hipster lives in Edgewater, on the North Side. He is 92 but looks 83. He lives behind a wrought-iron fence, surrounded on all sides by the drabbest of stone-colored ap… ...

And it bothered him. It'd bother you, wouldn't it?" So begins the tale of a troubled man lost within his mind's abstractions. This tale is Word Jazz, a "somewhat new medium" conceived by Ken Nordine ...

Ken Nordine’s voice was tailor-made for late night radio. His unparalleled, smooth baritone guided WBEZ listeners through the show Word Jazz for more than 40 years.

Ken Nordine has made his way through this world with his voice. He has made a good living by pitching paint, jeans, coffee and cars. And he has made a fascinating life with something he invented ...

Ken Nordine was an American voice artist, poet, and musician, best known for his work in the genre of "word jazz," a unique blend of spoken word, jazz, and experimental music. Born on April 29, 1920, ...

If you’re Ken Nordine and you’ve spent a lifetime producing iconic TV commercials, writing poetry, publishing books, creating art, inventing Word Jazz (broadcast Sundays at Midnight on WBEZ ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Ken Nordine was known internationally as a jazz poet, and now, preservationists are rushing to save his Edgewater mansion from the wrecking ball. Nordine's 7,300 square-foot ...

Commentator Ken Nordine uses his two voices to hold an interior dialogue about a cage looking for a bird. The two argue over the need for the security of a cage in a dangerous world filled with ...