Comments on: Conover’s Coming Over: Willis Conover and Jazz at the Voice of America http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/ Night Lights is a weekly classic jazz program and jazz blog by host David Brent Johnson produced by WFIU Public Media in Bloomington, Indiana. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marie Lamb http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-6032 Marie Lamb Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:16:37 +0000 http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org/2007/11/12/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/#comment-6032 Thank you for posting the audio of this wonderful program! I am a broadcaster, and Willis was one of my inspirations to get into radio. Claire Conover, Willis' great-grand-niece, has a Facebook page devoted to his memory that I found out about today, and she encourages all of his friends and fans to check it out and to share their memories of this great broadcaster, great jazz supporter/promoter, and great human being. Everyone is invited to Willis Conover's Facebook tribute page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willis-Conover/116189471105?v=wall" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willis-Conover/11...</a> Thank you for posting the audio of this wonderful program! I am a broadcaster, and Willis was one of my inspirations to get into radio. Claire Conover, Willis' great-grand-niece, has a Facebook page devoted to his memory that I found out about today, and she encourages all of his friends and fans to check it out and to share their memories of this great broadcaster, great jazz supporter/promoter, and great human being. Everyone is invited to Willis Conover's Facebook tribute page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willis-Conover/11...

]]> By: Deepanjan Nag http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-5969 Deepanjan Nag Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:01:33 +0000 http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org/2007/11/12/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/#comment-5969 I'm from India and one of my favorite memories from childhood is of listening to Willis Conover's Jazz Hour on VOA on Dad's vintage radio. My past is incomplete without Conover. I'm from India and one of my favorite memories from childhood is of listening to Willis Conover's Jazz Hour on VOA on Dad's vintage radio. My past is incomplete without Conover.

]]> By: Deepanjan Nag http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3606 Deepanjan Nag Thu, 07 May 2009 12:34:44 +0000 http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org/2007/11/12/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/#comment-3606 I'm from India and one of my favorite memories from childhood is of listening to Willis Conover's Jazz Hour on VOA on Dad's vintage radio. My past is incomplete without Conover. I’m from India and one of my favorite memories from childhood is of listening to Willis Conover’s Jazz Hour on VOA on Dad’s vintage radio. My past is incomplete without Conover.

]]> By: Dave Berk http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Dave Berk Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:55:35 +0000 http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org/2007/11/12/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/#comment-121 David-----congratulations on providing such a glorious & enriching experience. I remember reading the DOWNBEAT review of the "House Of Sounds" and it spoke rapturously of "The Song Is You." I ran out to Glen Wallich's Music City to score a copy of the Brunswick LP. I loved big bands, vibes and Sarah Vaughan. I wore it out. I was 16. David—–congratulations on providing such a glorious & enriching experience.

I remember reading the DOWNBEAT review of the “House Of Sounds”
and it spoke rapturously of “The Song Is You.” I ran out to Glen Wallich’s
Music City to score a copy of the Brunswick LP. I loved big bands, vibes and Sarah Vaughan. I wore it out. I was 16.

]]> By: Bill Forbes http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Bill Forbes Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:41:03 +0000 http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org/2007/11/12/conovers-comin-over-willis-conover-and-jazz-at-the-voice-of-america/#comment-120 I'm certainly looking forward to this show. Conover's program brought me up-to-date American jazz sounds which were rarely heard in Britain in the late 50s and early 60s. I remember listening with my ear to the receiver, trying to hear the music through a barrage of static on long wave radio. To get through all this, a piece had to have something extra. I remember that Gil Evans' version of George Russell's "Jambangle", which I was hearing for the first time in about 1958, certainly had it! At a point the mid-60s, Conover repeatedly offered free back copies of Downbeat and Metronome to anyone who would write in. I replied and duly received my copies. Shortly after, the program disappeared off the air for ever. I think I had been part of an exercise to estimate audience size, which had produced an unfortunate result for jazz enthusiasts! I’m certainly looking forward to this show. Conover’s program brought me up-to-date American jazz sounds which were rarely heard in Britain in the late 50s and early 60s. I remember listening with my ear to the receiver, trying to hear the music through a barrage of static on long wave radio. To get through all this,
a piece had to have something extra. I remember that Gil Evans’ version of George Russell’s “Jambangle”, which I was hearing for the first time in about 1958, certainly had it! At a point the mid-60s, Conover repeatedly offered free back copies of Downbeat and Metronome to anyone who would write in. I replied and duly received my copies. Shortly after, the program disappeared off the air for ever. I think I had been part of an exercise to estimate audience size, which had produced an unfortunate result for jazz enthusiasts!

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