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Paul Bacon
Paul Bacon
Designer of book and album covers
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Frankie Dunlop
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
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Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Paul Jeffrey
Paul Jeffrey
American musician
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Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Ray Copeland
Ray Copeland
American musician
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John Ore
John Ore
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
Orrin Keepnews
American record producer

Orrin Keepnews

Intro
American record producer
Genres
Record Labels
Awards Received
Grammy Trustees Award

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.