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Ken Nordine

The Kitchen
512 W. 19th St., New York, NY 10011 40.7453 -74.006242
nr. Tenth Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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Price

$19

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Advance Tickets Recommended

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.; A, C, E at 14th St.; L at Eighth Ave.

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Representing the loopier side of the High Line Festival is Nordine, an eerily deep-voiced performer whose 1957 album, Word Jazz, layered rambling ruminations with jazzy fills from the Fred Katz Group and ended up a beat poetry landmark. Nordine’s musings can be delightfully silly or disturbingly dark. (Take note: This guy served as a vocal coach for The Exorcist and collaborated with Tom Waits.) But his legendary status in Chicago stems from voice-over work for everything from Levi's to Taster's Choise to Kawasaki. His creative pursuits have been more limited since the seventies: a Jerry Garcia collaboration here, an NPR appearance there, and now this unexpected gig at the Kitchen. — Amos Barshad