# RIP Orrin Keepnews

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-orrin-keepnews/2017>\
**Category:** Everything Else\
**Created:** [March 1, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-orrin-keepnews/2017 "2015-03-01T13:26:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![look2france-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@look2france-2](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/look2france-2)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-orrin-keepnews/2017/1 "2015-03-01T13:26:39Z")

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It would be hard to over estimate Mr. Keepnews influence on jazz, but read the last line of this obit published today and you get a sense of his influence on recordings themselves and our hobby.

[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/arts/music/orrin-keepnews-jazz-producer-and-record-executive-is-dead-at-91.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/arts/music/orrin-keepnews-jazz-producer-and-record-executive-is-dead-at-91.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)