DescriptionThis collection contains classic material from Ken Nordine's critically acclaimed NPR program. This is a kind of free-form verbal radio that's close to the heart of the fun and games your mind can play when you let yourself wander in wonder wherever the imaginary takes you. Stare with your ears. You'll see. Word jazz? It's what happens when you let your mind wander in wonder. Word jazz: it's the free and easy flow of all the places your mind can go. Word jazz - that's where we are in this trembling air between us. Where will the imaginary take us this time? Think with the thinker that's in you to think with, and you'll be amazed where you wind up. Believing that the fine art of radio is a challenge for the audio artist, who wins? Mammon? Or the Other Guy? Or both. You decide.
DescriptionThis collection contains classic material from Ken Nordine's critically acclaimed NPR program, Word Jazz . This is a kind of free-form verbal radio that's close to the heart of fun and games your mind can play when you let yourself wander in wonder…
DescriptionThis collection contains classic material from the critically acclaimed NPR program, Word Jazz . Host Ken Nordine describes Word Jazz as "loving the spoken word for the things you can use language for, as you try to make sense out of nonsen…
DescriptionThis collection contains classic material from Ken Nordine's critically acclaimed NPR program, Word Jazz . This is a kind of free-form verbal radio that's close to the heart of the fun and games your mind can play when you let yourself wander in wonder wherever the imaginary takes you. Stare with your ears. You'll see. Did you know that, in 1957, Fred Astaire danced on his first TV show to "My Baby", a track from Ken Nordine's first Word Jazz album? Or that, in 1991, The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia recorded an album, The Devout Catalyst, with Ken Nordine on Shakedown Street in San Rafael, California? (Tom Waits made a cameo appearance.) Or that, not too long ago, Laurie Anderson invited Ken to do his word jazz with her at the Royal Festival Hall in London? The only way to experience word jazz is to listen to Word Jazz . Volume Five is just a click away!
DescriptionThis collection contains classic material from Ken Nordine's critically acclaimed NPR program, Word Jazz . This is a kind of free-form verbal radio that's close to the heart of the fun and games your mind can play when you let yourself wander in won…
