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    Orrin Keepnews
    Orrin Keepnews

    American jazz producer and writer, born March 2, 1923, The Bronx, New York, USA - died March 1, 2015, El Cerrito, California, USA.

    Co-founder of Riverside Records (1953) with Bill Grauer, Riverside Records (1966) with Dick Katz and established Riverside Records in 1985. Supervised reissues in his later career, including [r3838895], a 24 CD box-set. Father of critic Peter Keepnews.

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