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Willis Conover : ウィキペディア英語版 | Willis Conover
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and television. By arranging concerts where people of all races were welcome, he is credited with desegregating Washington D.C. nightclubs.〔("Willis Conover Is Dead at 75; Aimed Jazz at the Soviet Bloc" ), By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr., ''New York Times'', May 19, 1996. Retrieved February 4, 2010.〕 Conover is credited with keeping interest in jazz alive in the countries of Eastern Europe through his nightly broadcasts during the Cold War.〔 == Youth == As a young man Conover was interested in science fiction, and published a science fiction fanzine, ''Science Fantasy Correspondent''. This brought him into contact with horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The correspondence between Lovecraft, who was at the end of his life, and the young Conover, has been published as ''Lovecraft at Last'' (Carrolton-Clark, 1975; reprint 2004). Conover's father had intended for him to attend The Citadel and follow his family's tradition of military service. Instead, he attended the Maryland State Teacher's College at Salisbury, Maryland, and became a radio announcer for WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland. He later moved to Washington, D.C., and focused on jazz in his programming, especially the Duke Ellington hour on Saturday nights. His guests on this program and Saturday morning shows included many important artists, such as Boyd Raeburn.
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