Willis Conover

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Willis Clark Conover ( born October 18, 1920 in Buffalo, † 17 May 1996 Alexandria, Virginia) was an American jazz radio host and jazz music producer.

Life

Conover made ​​D.C. in Washington since 1939 and New York radio shows to jazz and popular music. Since the end of 1954 he was in charge moderator of the very popular abroad Voice of America Jazz Hour or Music USA Voice of America. He was in the U.S. is virtually unknown, even among jazz expert, but even more so in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union. Conover was also concert promoter and editor of Science Fantasy Correspondent. For the Voice of America broadcasts he made until 1996.

In 1993 he received an award from the U.S. House of Representatives for its foreign policy role. 1995 awarded him the jazz magazine Down Beat with its Lifetime Achievement Award.