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  1. Orrin Keepnews (March 2, 1923 – March 1, 2015) was an American jazz writer and record producer known for founding Riverside Records and Milestone Records, for freelance work, and for his work at other labels.

  2. Mar 2, 2015 · Orrin Keepnews was born in the Bronx on March 2, 1923, the only child of Louis Keepnews, a social worker, and the former Naomi Perlman, a schoolteacher. He grew up in the Inwood neighborhood of ...

  3. Orrin Keepnews was a writer, a long-time jazz producer and multiple Grammy winner. He helped launch one of the most important jazz labels of the 1950s and through it, the careers of numerous ...

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  5. Mar 4, 2015 · Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 17.24 EST. It was with no unusually great expectations that the record producer Orrin Keepnews arranged to tape the trio of the pianist Bill Evans at a basement ...

  6. Mar 1, 2015 · Orrin Keepnews, an NEA Jazz Master, Thelonious Monk producer, record exec and four-time Grammy winner, passed away today at his home in El Cerrito, California at the age of 91, one day shy of his ...

  7. Mar 1, 2015 · The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) (1999). In 2004, he was awarded a NARAS Trustees Award for Lifetime Achievement. Recognized as one of the outstanding record producers in the jazz world, Orrin Keepnews—recipient of the 2011 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy—co-founded Riverside Records in the early ...

  8. Mar 2, 2015 · In a business replete with boasters, scammers, hustlers and thieves, Orrin Keepnews was a mensch and a legend. By the time he moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s, Keepnews was already recognized as one of the most influential producers in jazz history, responsible for overseeing classic recordings by many of the music’s most creative figures, including pianists Thelonious Monk and Bill ...

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