(1923-03-02)March 2, 1923 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died
March 1, 2015(2015-03-01) (aged 91) El Cerrito, California, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Record producer, writer
Years active
1952–2015
Labels
Riverside, Milestone, Fantasy, Landmark Records
Formerly of
Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Cannonball & Nat Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Heath, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Gary Bartz, Blue Mitchell
Musical artist
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.
OrrinKeepnews (March 2, 1923 – March 1, 2015) was an American jazz writer and record producer known for founding Riverside Records and Milestone Records...
way to play it.—Cannonball Adderley Evans quipped to his producer, OrrinKeepnews, "Why didn't you get a quote from my mother?" Everybody Digs Bill Evans...
Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Founded by OrrinKeepnews and Bill Grauer, Jr, under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953...
sessions, Scott left for a long overseas tour. In September 1956, producer OrrinKeepnews was convinced to record the reluctant Evans by a demo tape Mundell Lowe...
"Re: Person I Knew" (an anagram of the name of his then-producer, OrrinKeepnews), and "Very Early," which Evans had actually composed as an undergraduate...
Records is an American jazz record company and label founded in 1966 by OrrinKeepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was bought by Fantasy Records...
Beams album) is an anagram of the name of Evans's longtime producer, OrrinKeepnews. The lineup of Evans originals is rounded out by two of his best-known...
three months after recording by September 1961. Evans and producer OrrinKeepnews reportedly selected the tracks for Sunday at the Village Vanguard to...
record for Riverside. At this club, he met Riverside's record producer OrrinKeepnews. The album was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label. In his...
Records was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1985 by OrrinKeepnews. Landmark's releases included music by Donald Byrd, Jack DeJohnette...
musician Bill Evans, released in 1957 on Riverside Records. Producer OrrinKeepnews of Riverside Records first determined to record Evans after hearing...
Nat Adderley, Bobby Jaspar and Benny Golson. Producer and jazz critic OrrinKeepnews described the album as "a repertoire ideally suited to the blues concept...
another composition, "Re: Person I Knew" is a tribute to his producer, OrrinKeepnews. The title of Imogen Heap's album iMegaphone is an anagram of her name...
unusual for the time was Keepnews' decision to retain Adderley's comments to the crowd. Producer and jazz critic OrrinKeepnews described the album as "the...
Milestone Records runs from 1966 when the label was established by OrrinKeepnews and Dick Katz. The Milestone 2000 Series reissued historical jazz and...
Jac Holzman (1931–), founder of Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records OrrinKeepnews (1923–2015), co-founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records Don...
Records—not to be confused with the like-named jazz label founded by OrrinKeepnews about six years later—and recorded eight songs. Their first release...
outtakes and experimentation in the studio. A subsequent reissue, the Keepnews Collection edition, released in 2008 via Riverside Records, omits this...
in London. For most of this period Rollins was recorded by producer OrrinKeepnews for Milestone Records (the compilation Silver City: A Celebration of...
featuring performances recorded in 1985 and released the following year on OrrinKeepnews' Landmark label. On AllMusic, Scott Yanow observed "On Color Schemes...
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