Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced...

VOA1) program Jazz America. It began broadcasting in 1955, hosted by Willis Conover; in its current form, it is hosted by Russ Davis. [1] It began broadcasting...

without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover). The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre; Thelonious Monk;...

Digital Libraries (collections), for example, are housed in Willis Library (the building). The Willis Library is the main library of the University of North...

Willis is a masculine given name which may refer to the following people: Willis Bouchey (1907–1977), American actor Willis B. Burns (1851–1915), American...

writer Teresa Maxwell-Conover (1884–1968), American Broadway actress William Sheldrick Conover II (1928–2022), Congressman Willis Conover (1920–1996), American...

on the Voice of America Jazz Hour. Hosted for most of that period by Willis Conover, the program had 30 million listeners at its peak. A program aimed at...

Shub-Niggurath can be found in his letters. For example, in a letter to Willis Conover, Lovecraft described her as an "evil cloud-like entity". "Yog-Sothoth's...

Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. ISBN 0-8230-7511-7. Willis Conover. "20 Years with Tony". Billboard. November 30, 1968. pp. T1-T40. Dorothy...

critical role during the Cold War in establishing political ties. Producer Willis Conover explained jazz as an embodiment of an anti-ideology or an alternative...

always answered that it was completely his invention. In a letter to Willis Conover, Lovecraft elaborated upon his typical answer: Now about the "terrible...

not, and the deal was scuttled. On the recommendation of broadcaster Willis Conover, Ertegun and Abramson visited Ruth Brown at the Crystal Caverns club...

veterans' hospitals, on WFAA radio, and at military bases in Texas. Willis Conover, jazz host on Voice of America, broadcast six nights a week to an audience...

Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer. Cold War radio DJ Willis Conover's program on the Voice of America from 1955 through the mid-1990s featured...

progressed and popularity grew; he appeared in many festivals. In 1966, Willis Conover, conductor of the "Jazz Time" radio program, even went as far as to...

Ellington, Wilbur de Paris, Aaron Copland, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Willis Conover, Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderley, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Marshall...

Caverns, a nightclub in Washington, D.C., and soon became her manager. Willis Conover, the future Voice of America disc jockey, caught her act with Duke Ellington...

player with the Arizona Diamondbacks Darnell Clash, football player Willis Conover, "Voice of America" DJ, lived in Cambridge during the late 1930s Richard...

Hall. Bloomsbury Publishers, ISBN 0-8264-5893-9 Tatum's profile at NPR 1955 radio broadcast by Voice of America, in which Willis Conover interviews Tatum...

percussion Ben Tucker - additional bass (and solo) on "Comin' Home, Baby" Willis Conover - liner notes The album peaked at 30 on The Billboard 200. Liner notes...

Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, F. M. Busby, Terry Carr, Jack Chalker, Willis Conover, E. Everett Evans, Richard Geis, Jim Harmon, Patrick & Teresa Nielsen...

event included James Blish, Charles D. Hornig, Julius Schwartz, and Willis Conover. This event came to be known as the "Second Eastern" and set the stage...

Mort Sahl 1955 Interviews with jazz musicians for the Voice of America Willis Conover 1955–56 The Music from Peter Gunn Henry Mancini 1958 United Sacred Harp...

Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) Paul Chambers, 1st Bassman (Vee Jay, 1960) Willis Conover, Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs (FM, 1963) Buddy DeFranco...

Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4. Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16 "Ah-leu-cha" (Charlie Parker) - 5:53 "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious...

musician and bassist for Stone Sour Stacy Clark, singer-songwriter Willis Conover, jazz producer and broadcaster Patrick Cowley, composer and recording...

Title Fict/ Real Author Notes Ghorl Nigral F (Willis Conover) An invention of one of Lovecraft's correspondents. Image du Monde R Gauthier de Metz L'Image...

1992 Rich Matteson 1993 Gunther Schuller 1994 Marian McPartland 1995 Willis Conover 1996 Chuck Suber 1997 William P. Gottlieb 1998 Bruce Lundvall 1999 Sheldon...

(RCA Victor, 1955) Judy Collins, Hard Times for Lovers (Elektra, 1979) Willis Conover, House of Sounds (Brunswick, 1954) Ron Davies, U. F. O. (A&M, 1973)...

Louis Armstrong and producer Willis Conover, Newport Jazz Festival, 1958...