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Willis Conover(1920-1996)

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Willis Conover was born on 18 October 1920 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1991), Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) and Great Performances (1971). He died on 17 May 1996.
BornOctober 18, 1920
DiedMay 17, 1996(75)
BornOctober 18, 1920
DiedMay 17, 1996(75)
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Art Blakey in Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1991)
Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1991
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, and Dinah Washington in Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
Jazz on a Summer's Day
7.9
  • Self - Emcee
  • Self - Interviewer
  • 1959
Great Performances (1971)
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
  • Self - Host
The Subject Is Jazz
TV Series
  • Self

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Writer

  • Art Blakey in Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1991)
    Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1991

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 18, 1920
    • Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 17, 1996
  • Other works
    From 1 January 1956 to his death he leads his "VoA Jazz Hour" at the Voice of America. In this functions he had many friend among jazz musicians.

Did you know

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    American broadcaster, host of the jazz program "Music USA," with which he eventually attracted the largest audience of any continuing international broadcast in history. Conover hosted jazz and classical programs at radio stations in Washington, D.C. In 1969 he produced and narrated the White House concert celebrating Duke Ellington's 70th birthday. Thanks to Conover, a jazz panel was established on the National Endowment for the Arts in 1975.

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