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Willis Conover Photos


The Voice of America offers these historical photos of Willis Conover for free use. Mouse over each image for information about the high resolution version, then click through the photo to download. Please credit Voice of America for any photo use. Questions or additional requests? E-mail us at publicaffairs@voa.gov.

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Willis Conover with
Ella Fitzgerald

With Louis Armstrong at VOA (1955)

Conover's First Arrival in Poland (1959)

Willis Conover
(1969)

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Willis Conover with Duke Ellington

With Dizzy Gillespie

Interviewing Sarah Vaughan

1958 Recording

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With Bing Crosby

Tribute to Irving Berlin, with Irving Berlin (1958)

With jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

Willis Conover

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At work on Music USA with staffer Lynn Atkinson

With Fred Astaire

Interviewing Bing Crosby

At work in the studio with assistant Bertha Todd

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With Adam Makowicz, a Polish jazz pianist who discovered jazz listening to Willis during the mid-1950s. Makowicz first came to the U.S. in 1977.

On being honored for 40 years of service at the Voice of America

Willis Conover with Dr. Billy Taylor, musician and friend

Receiving an honorary degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music in 1990 from President Lee Eliot Berk