Word Jazz is the debut album by voice-over and recording artist Ken Nordine with the Fred Katz Group which was released on the Dot label in 1957.Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography Part 2: LPs 3000-3250/25000-25250 accessed August 14, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic site rated the album stars stating "the combination sounds not unlike a radio announcer performing beat poetry in places...mostly because that's exactly what it is. That would be selling this album short, though, because Nordine proves himself more than capable of providing both the smooth vocal tones as well as the truly twisted creative sense necessary to pull this off... Word Jazz is still an innovative album and definitely worthy of the sequels that followed."
Track listing All compositions by Ken Nordine and Fred Katz.
Personnel Ken Nordine – narration Fred Katz – cello Paul Horn – saxophone, flute, piccolo, clarinet John Pisano as "John Asano" – guitar Richard Marx – piano Jimmy Bond – bass Chico Hamilton as "Forest Horn" – drums, bongos, timpani, gong Jim Cunningham – sound patterns
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