Salon.com > Michael Monteleone http://www.salon.com Mon, 28 May 2012 00:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ken Nordine http://www.salon.com/2001/07/11/nordine/ http://www.salon.com/2001/07/11/nordine/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/07/11/nordine 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 called "Word Jazz." Originally the title of his seminal 1957 album, the term now designates a genre. And if you know the right people, dropping that term elicits a conspiratorial grin.

Nordine, who's lived in Chicago all his life, is in the enviable position of being respected for both his commercial and artistic work. His phone is as likely to ring with an invitation from Laurie Anderson as with a voice-over offer from Chrysler-Plymouth. His artistic collaborations have found him head to head with Tom Waits, Brian Eno, Smokey Robinson and Jerry Garcia.

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