Orrin Keepnews (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Orrin Keepnews (born March 2, 1923 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American writer and jazz record producer. In June 2010, he received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Keepnews graduated from Columbia with a degree in English in 1943. Subsequently, he was involved in bombing raids over Japan in the final months of World War II, before returning for graduate studies at Columbia in 1946. While working as an editor for the book publishers Simon and Schuster, Keepnews moonlighted as editor of The Record Changer magazine after fellow Columbia graduate Bill Grauer became its owner in 1948. In 1952 Grauer and Keepnews produced a series of reissues on RCA Victor's Label "X." The following year the partners founded Riverside Records, which was originally devoted to reissue projects in the traditional and swing jazz idioms.