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| - | == Events == | + | [[Ken Nordine]] attracted wide attention when he recorded the [[aural]] [[vignette]]s on ''Word Jazz'' (Dot, 1957). ''Word Jazz'', ''Son of Word Jazz'' (Dot, 1958) and his other albums in this vein feature Nordine's narration over [[cool jazz]] by the [[Chico Hamilton]] jazz group, recording under the alias of [[Fred Katz]], who was then the cellist with Hamilton's quintet. |
| - | == Births == | + | |
| - | *[[1570]] - [[Guy Fawkes]] (b. [[1606]]) | ||
| - | * [[1860]] - [[James Ensor]], Belgian painter | ||
| - | * [[1900]] - [[Pierre Molinier]], surrealist painter and photographer (b. [[1976]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Jacques Lacan]], French psychoanalyst (b. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[1906]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish dramatist, novelist and poet | ||
| - | * [[1920]] - [[Ken Nordine]], [[United States|American]] [[voiceover]] and recording artist best known for his series of '''''[[Word Jazz]]''''' albums. | ||
| - | * [[1933]] - [[Morton Subotnick]], American composer of electronic music | ||
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Ken Nordine attracted wide attention when he recorded the aural vignettes on Word Jazz (Dot, 1957). Word Jazz, Son of Word Jazz (Dot, 1958) and his other albums in this vein feature Nordine's narration over cool jazz by the Chico Hamilton jazz group, recording under the alias of Fred Katz, who was then the cellist with Hamilton's quintet.
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