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Keepnews, Orrin

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Personal name headingKeepnews, Orrin
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Birth date1923-03-02
Death date2015-03-01
Place of birthBronx (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathEl Cerrito (Calif.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationSound recording executives and producers
Found inHis A pictorial history of jazz ... 1955.
Grove music online, July 26, 2007: Jazz (Keepnews, Orrin; b. Mar. 2, 1923, New York; record producer)
New York times (online), viewed Mar. 3, 2015 (in obituary published Mar. 1: Orrin Keepnews; b. Mar. 2, 1923, the Bronx; d. Sunday [Mar. 1, 2015], El Cerrito, Calif., aged 91; as a record company executive and producer helped create some of the most celebrated recordings in jazz over a half-century)
Associated languageeng