| Word Jazz | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Ken Nordine with the Fred Katz Group |
| Cover: | Word Jazz.jpg |
| Alt: | A painting of a stylized round face smiling |
| Released: | 1957 |
| Recorded: | July 1957 |
| Studio: | Chicago, IL |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Dot |
| Producer: | Tom Mack |
| Chronology: | Ken Nordine |
| Prev Title: | Passion in the Desert |
| Prev Year: | 1955 |
| Next Title: | Son of Word Jazz |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
Word Jazz is the debut album by voice-over and recording artist Ken Nordine with the Fred Katz Group which was released on the Dot label in 1957.[1]
The Allmusic site rated the album stars stating "the combination sounds not unlike a radio announcer performing beat poetry in places...mostly because that's exactly what it is. That would be selling this album short, though, because Nordine proves himself more than capable of providing both the smooth vocal tones as well as the truly twisted creative sense necessary to pull this off... Word Jazz is still an innovative album and definitely worthy of the sequels that followed."
All compositions by Ken Nordine and Fred Katz