Though he last played a major league game 15 years ago, Ken Griffey, Jr., remains one of baseball's most beloved--and collected!--players. One of the sport's rare "five-tool" players, it was a ...

Ken Nordine was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and ...

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, ...

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 in the 1950s. A ...

Grateful Dead New Year Celebration (w/ David Gans, Bari Scott, Ken Nordine, and more) > Not Fade Away > Eyes of The World > Dark Star > Drums // (NFA > Dark Star w/ Branford Marsalis) 12/31/1990 ...

Laurie Anderson presents 6 Music Artist in Residence this week. Laurie is a multi-award-winning visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, author, filmmaker, vocalist and instru ...

Ken Nordine, who improvised 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 ...

Ken Nordine is a fortunate fellow who enjoys double rewards for living a double life. Over national TV hookups, as a smooth-talking pitchman for deodorants, detergents and such (Stopette, Pamper ...

Although he may be influenced by almost anything that’s not your standard rock and roll, Waits admitted that Ken Nordine played a pivotal role in getting into character for ‘What’s He Building?’.