Orrin Keepnews founded Riverside Records with Bill Grauer in the early 1950s. But when Grauer died of a heart attack in 1963, Orrin (right) couldn't save the label from bankruptcy a year later. In 1966, Orrin mounted a comeback, starting the Milestone label, which he sold to Fantasy Records in 1972, becoming its director of jazz A&R. Orrin left Fantasy …
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