Willis Conover
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Willis Clark Conover, Jr. was an American jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for more than forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and
Conover broadcasting with Voice of America in 1969
Conover's first arrival in Poland (1959)
Art Tatum
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Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum
Willis Conover
…conducted a series of interviews with jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Art Tatum. His interview with Tatum is reputedly "the only known in-depth recorded interview with the pianist". These interviews were selected by the Library of…
Tatum in 1946–1948 by William P. Gottlieb
Fats Waller
Earl Hines
Clubs on 52nd Street in New York, where Tatum often played (May 1948)