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Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015)

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Marc Myers
Mar 02, 2015
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Orrin Keepnews, a jazz record producer whose taste in music, integrity and respect for artists resulted in a vast body of legacy recordings by Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans as well as dozens of other artists, died on March 1. He was 91. [Above, Orrin Keepnews with Cannonball Adderley]


His Riverside label operated fro…

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