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As anyone who has ever been dragged to a poetry slam can attest, the vast majority of modern spoken word poetry kinda sucks. It's not always the poetry's fault; much of the blame can be laid at the poet's feet, especially when said performer feels that depth of feeling always increases in direct proportion to volume. Ken Nordine rarely seems to speak above a coolly modulated, richly burnished whisper, but he puts nearly all other spoken word artists to shame. A fixture on radio and television ads since the early 1950s, Nordine is best known today for the four Word Jazz albums he released on Dot Records later that decade, albums that true to their name matched Nordine's mellow voice and unfettered imagination to hipster jazz settings. At 55 songs, six of them previously unreleased, You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters gathers the entirety of those albums in remastered and exquisitely packaged form, and is essential for all fans both of spoken word releases and of beatnik-era cool.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist - Forest Horn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Horn, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Katz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Gaylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mack, Producer - The Fred Katz Group, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
DISC 2
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dick Marx, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dick Marx, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dick Marx, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dick Marx, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Marx, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Frigo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Gray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dick Marx, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Victor Vallenari, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Slosberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Campbell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Frazier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Nordine, Narrator, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer - Dick Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Ken Soderbloom, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Emmet Frazier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 1972 Geffen Records
Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Ken Nordine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Mack, Producer
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Album review
As anyone who has ever been dragged to a poetry slam can attest, the vast majority of modern spoken word poetry kinda sucks. It's not always the poetry's fault; much of the blame can be laid at the poet's feet, especially when said performer feels that depth of feeling always increases in direct proportion to volume. Ken Nordine rarely seems to speak above a coolly modulated, richly burnished whisper, but he puts nearly all other spoken word artists to shame. A fixture on radio and television ads since the early 1950s, Nordine is best known today for the four Word Jazz albums he released on Dot Records later that decade, albums that true to their name matched Nordine's mellow voice and unfettered imagination to hipster jazz settings. At 55 songs, six of them previously unreleased, You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters gathers the entirety of those albums in remastered and exquisitely packaged form, and is essential for all fans both of spoken word releases and of beatnik-era cool.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:34:36
- Main artists: Ken Nordine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 Geffen Records ℗ 2005 Geffen Records
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