Ken Nordine

American voice-over and recording artist (Word Jazz
Died on Saturday February 16th 2019

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@sudgut: RT @vindownes: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - The New York Times - 7 years ago

@itamaralves75: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 via @NYTimes - 7 years ago

@terromur: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@motormouthmedia: Rest in peace Ken Nordine, whom I worked with in the late 90s when he collaborated with DJ Food/Ninja Tune. Such a… - 7 years ago

@ZeroGBadillion: RT @vindownes: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - The New York Times - 7 years ago

@vindownes: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@vindownes: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - The New York Times - 7 years ago

@imabit_inc: RT @hasdid: #Longreads #Stories #Automated | Remembering Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

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@nytimesmusic: Fred Astaire declared that Ken Nordine had “invented a new kind of contemporary beat” - 7 years ago

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@Fritznkappler1: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@davepurcell: His "Colors" record is wonderful. Olive! | Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@AdmiralRoadCap: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@from_memphis: Ken Nordine "Maroon" Ornette Coleman "Science Fiction" Curlew "August" Tim Berne "Scanners" Masada "Nashim" Ge… - 7 years ago

@Tatiana_sings: RT @Longreads: "Nordine was altogether more subversive, chafing at what he called the 'banal, happy, didn’t bother anybody' commercial gigs… - 7 years ago

@Mitzkahdrinnen: @TechCrunch SHOCKING! GOOD THING WE FOUND OUT! anyone that ever believes that ANYTHING you do WHERE THERE IS AN INT… - 7 years ago

@TeoVincent4: RT @StephenAtHome: RIP Ken Nordine #WordJazz - 7 years ago

@stevens_phil: Vale, Ken Nordine. You were so far out you were in. May you always know exactly what time it is on Arcturus. - 7 years ago

@mohawk6642: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 via @NYTimes - 7 years ago

@Beany_: Although this is my favourite for some reason 🤢 Green by Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

@durhamiteA: RT @Longreads: "Nordine was altogether more subversive, chafing at what he called the 'banal, happy, didn’t bother anybody' commercial gigs… - 7 years ago

@PDrabes: RT @amjuster: #KenNordine, Surreal #Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98: - 7 years ago

@ImDrDream: RT @bourgwick: bummer about the passing of word jazz master ken nordine. he recorded his 1992 album "devout catalyst" at the grateful dead'… - 7 years ago

@ImDrDream: RT @WillnerHal: Ken Nordine left this world last night . He was 98 but told me last we spoke that he was 100. Great man . Best voice ever… - 7 years ago

@ImDrDream: RT @HighLowRadio: "Musically, I play the throat and the brain. There’s two kinds of writing––to be said or read. Voice alone has a tone and… - 7 years ago

@Aethelwitha: RT @SongsEdge: Our latest #podcast might be calling to you - because all of the songs are titled with a persons name! Artists like @BatForL… - 7 years ago

@NedRaggett: RT @Longreads: "Nordine was altogether more subversive, chafing at what he called the 'banal, happy, didn’t bother anybody' commercial gigs… - 7 years ago

@universalshow: RT @Longreads: "Nordine was altogether more subversive, chafing at what he called the 'banal, happy, didn’t bother anybody' commercial gigs… - 7 years ago

@PlayseHoulder: @EnlightFundy To be fair, that undoubtably twinkled with a musical gleam, smooth as warm silk, when Ken Nordine utt… - 7 years ago

@CosbyChicago: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - The New York Times - 7 years ago

@mazehr: RT @danmishkin: Sad to learn of the death of the great Ken Nordine. His Times obit is at - 7 years ago

@ChrisDavey: Ken Nordine dies at 98; radio announcer & influential "Word Jazz" artist | Chicago Sun-Times - 7 years ago

@danmishkin: Sad to learn of the death of the great Ken Nordine. His Times obit is at - 7 years ago

@PoetryAlive: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@pinuppoet: RT @nytimesarts: Explaining his surreal "word jazz" poetry, Ken Nordine once said, "I want to make people think about their thinking and fe… - 7 years ago

@RichSandomir: Ken Nordine combined his amazing baritone, hipster poetry and cool music to create “word jazz” on radio and on albu… - 7 years ago

@CliffBrooks3: RT @amjuster: #KenNordine, Surreal #Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98: - 7 years ago

@Gint_Aras: RT @rickkogan: Ken Nordine dead at 98. He was one of the few people in the history of radio to use the medium to its fullest potential, rat… - 7 years ago

@mctony: Ken Nordine, 98, dies. Creator of word jazz, with a ‘voice that could give you the chills....... - Chicago Tribune - 7 years ago

@_NDV_: RT @nytimesmusic: Explaining his surreal "word jazz" poetry, Ken Nordine once said, "I want to make people think about their thinking and f… - 7 years ago

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@jackf723: RT @drdemento: Brand new Dr Demento show now online, featuring the Top Ten for February 2019, plus the Logan Awards nominees for outstandin… - 7 years ago

@drumtale: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - 7 years ago

@joehagansays: Turquoise by Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

@kfaiplaylist: “Levi's Ad” by Ken Nordine. KFAI at 10:15pm. - 7 years ago

@kfaiplaylist: “What Time Is It” by Ken Nordine. KFAI at 10:11pm. - 7 years ago

@brherres1: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 via @NYTimes - 7 years ago

@kfaiplaylist: “The Whistler” by Ken Nordine. KFAI at 10:07pm. - 7 years ago

@pcooney55: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 via @NYTimes - 7 years ago

@deeperbeats: RT @nytimesmusic: Ken Nordine, who improvised poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of storytelli… - 7 years ago

@ebish01: Mr. Nordine told The Chicago Tribune that the goal of his poetry was to “make people think about their thinking and… - 7 years ago

@KUAAradio: RT @nytimesmusic: Ken Nordine, who improvised poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of storytelli… - 7 years ago

@StageCenterNow: RT @nytimesmusic: Ken Nordine, who improvised poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of storytelli… - 7 years ago

@TonyRenner: RT @nytimesmusic: Ken Nordine, who improvised poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of storytelli… - 7 years ago

@nytimesmusic: Ken Nordine, who improvised poetry in a silky voice to cool, vibrant musical accompaniment, creating a form of stor… - 7 years ago

@kfaiplaylist: “Flibberty Jib” by Ken Nordine. KFAI at 9:08pm. - 7 years ago

@gregtutunjian: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 via @NYTimes #RIP - 7 years ago

@zgkap1: RT @nytimesarts: Ken Nordine became wealthy doing voice-overs for television and radio commercials. But he found his passion in using his d… - 7 years ago

@richXXIII: RT @WillnerHal: Ken Nordine left this world last night . He was 98 but told me last we spoke that he was 100. Great man . Best voice ever… - 7 years ago

@ConchDotCom: RT @WillnerHal: Ken Nordine left this world last night . He was 98 but told me last we spoke that he was 100. Great man . Best voice ever… - 7 years ago

@quailty: RT @plodpanettweets: Ken Nordine, Surreal Poet With a Jazz Beat, Is Dead at 98 - The New York Times • ⁦@quailty⁩ ⁦@romanmars⁩ ⁦@kitchensist… - 7 years ago

@GNFellowship: RIP Ken Nordine, spoken-word jazz poet with one of the greatest voices and minds of all time. Below, an excerpt fro… - 7 years ago

@richXXIII: Negativland's Don Joyce did a whole program of Over the Edge dedicated to Ken Nordine in 2001 - 7 years ago

@mctony: Ken Nordine, 98, dies. Creator of word jazz, with a ‘voice that could give you the chills... - Chicago Tribune - 7 years ago

@KCCKWhatsPlayin: Ken Nordine—My Baby - 7 years ago

@outredisque: @godisinthetv @TheMonkees oh bugger, this and Ken Nordine in the same week. :( - 7 years ago

@DJNoRequest: RIP Ken Nordine. Your golden throat and word jazz will live on forever - 7 years ago

@setciencies3: RT @TraceyPanek: Ken Nordine was the unforgettable voice of many memorable 1970s @LEVIS advertisements. He passed away Feb. 16. Sharing th… - 7 years ago

@WZRDPlaylist: Ken Nordine "Operator" Upper Limbo RIP 1920 - 2019 - 7 years ago

@WZRDPlaylist: Elton John "Levon" 1971 BBC Session Mucca Pazza "Hang 'em where I can see 'em" Safety First Gary Clark Jr "This L… - 7 years ago

@themule: RT @Bob_Fischer: Slipping new music by @Sleepertweeting @thelongryders @redboxbanduk @SkinnyLister and more onto @BBCTees tonight from 7pm.… - 7 years ago

@peterjanes: RT @getbarenaked: RIP to jazz legend Ken Nordine: @barenakedladies album Maroon was named after the band's favouri… - 7 years ago

@ColinWarrick: @WBEZ Word Jazz is a total mind bender, in the most awesome ways ! Thanks to WBEZ for supporting Ken Nordine for… - 7 years ago

@CulturBisZ: Surface Noise: Ken Nordine, Poison Ivy & The Great American Songbook 1 - 7 years ago

@kingchung501: RT @TraceyPanek: Ken Nordine was the unforgettable voice of many memorable 1970s @LEVIS advertisements. He passed away Feb. 16. Sharing th… - 7 years ago

@Bob_Fischer: Slipping new music by @Sleepertweeting @thelongryders @redboxbanduk @SkinnyLister and more onto @BBCTees tonight fr… - 7 years ago

@comusicbizorg: New post (IN MEMORIAM: Ken Nordine - Voice-Over & Recording Artist) has been published on COMBO - The Colorado Musi… - 7 years ago

@TraceyPanek: Ken Nordine was the unforgettable voice of many memorable 1970s @LEVIS advertisements. He passed away Feb. 16. Sha… - 7 years ago

@KALXNow: 08:30am "Outer Space" by Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

@kalxplaylist: 08:30am Outer Space - Ken Nordine - How Are Things in Your Town?(Blue Thumb) - 7 years ago

@christammcintyr: Remembering Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

@KALXNow: 07:47am "What Time is it?" by Ken Nordine - 7 years ago

@kalxplaylist: 07:47am What Time is it? - Ken Nordine - How Are Things in Your Town?(Blue Thumb) - 7 years ago

@Astro_Zach: RT @getbarenaked: RIP to jazz legend Ken Nordine: @barenakedladies album Maroon was named after the band's favouri… - 7 years ago

@loopnorthnews: Ken Nordine – poet, recording artist, North Side resident @NHLBlackhawks @LaneTechWarrior @SwedeAmerican @WBEZ - - 7 years ago

@universalshow: RT @Longreads: "A conversational voice has its own cadence and mode... Poems, when sung, become lyrics... Ken Nordine, who died at age 98,… - 7 years ago

@absentminddmama: RT @Longreads: "A conversational voice has its own cadence and mode... Poems, when sung, become lyrics... Ken Nordine, who died at age 98,… - 7 years ago

@bshabbat2: Remembering #KenNordine - 7 years ago

@TheMahatmaRandy: Ken Nordine died. I thought he died long ago. Simultaneously I realized the world was a better place for the last 2… - 7 years ago

@MirandaHqv: RT @Longreads: "A conversational voice has its own cadence and mode... Poems, when sung, become lyrics... Ken Nordine, who died at age 98,… - 7 years ago

@natpaulpassee: ken nordine - word jazz 3 - 7 years ago

@PackHow72: RT @cmzemp: New story on NPR: Remembering Ken Nordine And His 'Word Jazz' - 7 years ago

@tlachtga: @jonsolomon thanks for the Ken Nordine! That cheered up Dennis after a lousy day. - 7 years ago

@natpaulpassee: wordjazz OMG Word Jazz is the debut album by voice-over and recording artist Ken Nordine with the Fred Katz Group w… - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — You're Getting Better — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing H.P. Lovecraft (with Ken Nordine) — Nothing's Boy — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — The Sound Museum — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Alphabet / Numbers — - 7 years ago

@EileenFuzer: RT @JTakiff: The hippest of cats: Ken Nordine dies at 98; radio announcer & influential "Word Jazz" artist | Chicago Sun-Times - 7 years ago

@kutmusic: La puntata di questa settimana di "Storie dalla Batcaverna" ha un'ampia sezione dedicata a Ken Nordine, scomparso q… - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine & Tom Waits — The Movie — - 7 years ago

@RamseyLewis: Ken Nordine had an incredible voice but he was so much more - his 'Word Jazz' showed what a great mind and spirit h… - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Quatrains Of Thought — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Zodiac Uprising — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Mr. Big — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Manned Space Capsule — - 7 years ago

@BrendtRioux: RT @chicagotribune: Ken Nordine, the creator of word jazz, has died at the age of 98. He was one of the few people in the history of radio… - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Outer Space — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — The Vidiot — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine intro / Skitch Henderson — A Study In Moe's Art — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine — Flibberty Jib — - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: DJ Hankster is playing Ken Nordine, narrator — The Rite of Spring (feat. Paris Conservatoire Orchestra) [Remastered… - 7 years ago

@Leland80043783: RT @chicagotribune: Ken Nordine, the creator of word jazz, has died at the age of 98. He was one of the few people in the history of radio… - 7 years ago

@javier_raya: RT @pzdrago: Siempre que pienso en Ken Nordine pienso en @javier_raya <3 Colors: - 7 years ago

@IndianaAirwaves: Ken Nordine dies at 98; radio announcer &amp; influential "Word Jazz" artist - 7 years ago

@mikea: RIP to the voice, Ken Nordine. I dunno how but I once spotted him at Symphony Center and said hello. - 7 years ago

@spookymun: RT @JohnELTenney: Ken Nordine passed away this week. From 1950 to 1951 Ken hosted "Incredible But True" on the radio. Listen to the episo… - 7 years ago

@scottymofo: RT @ToddBarkan1: INNOVATOR. Ken Nordine, Chicago creator of 'word jazz' who had a voice that 'could give you the chills,' dies at 98 https:… - 7 years ago

@Dadocerra: Jazz Profiles: Ken Nordine: 1920-2019 - 7 years ago

@highway_62: RT @colindickey: Sad to learn of the death on Saturday of Ken Nordine, at 98. Nordine taught me how to be weird. His work remains so magica… - 7 years ago

@jwomack: RT @colindickey: Sad to learn of the death on Saturday of Ken Nordine, at 98. Nordine taught me how to be weird. His work remains so magica… - 7 years ago

@colindickey: And perhaps his most well-known piece, "Flibberty-Jib," here remixed by Lord Runningclam. Treat yourself to some Ke… - 7 years ago

@Jazzigator: RT @ToddBarkan1: INNOVATOR. Ken Nordine, Chicago creator of 'word jazz' who had a voice that 'could give you the chills,' dies at 98 https:… - 7 years ago

@whitneymcn: RT @colindickey: Sad to learn of the death on Saturday of Ken Nordine, at 98. Nordine taught me how to be weird. His work remains so magica… - 7 years ago

@colindickey: Sad to learn of the death on Saturday of Ken Nordine, at 98. Nordine taught me how to be weird. His work remains so… - 7 years ago

@rrtfb: RT @deadheadland: Ken Nordine dies at 98; radio announcer & influential "Word Jazz" artist - 7 years ago

@LIZARDKOH: RT @kantakagi: RIP...ボウイも影響を公言していたケンノーディン、、僕もだいぶ遅れてお世話に、、、 Word Jazz Creator Ken Nordine Has Died – Synthtopia - 7 years ago

@kantakagi: RIP...ボウイも影響を公言していたケンノーディン、、僕もだいぶ遅れてお世話に、、、 Word Jazz Creator Ken Nordine Has Died – Synthtopia - 7 years ago