Orrin Keepnews

producer, vocal

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bill Evans Trio
Blue Mitchell
Sonny Rollins
Bill Evans (pianist)
Chet Baker

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bill Evans Trio producer 'Round Midnight, 34 Skidoo, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland (take 1), Alice in Wonderland (take 2), All of You, All of You (take 2), All of You (take 3), All the Things You Are, Autumn Leaves (take 1 stereo), Autumn Leaves (take 9, Monaural), Beautiful Love (take 1), Beautiful Love (take 2), Blue in Green (take 1), Blue in Green (take 2), Blue in Green (take 3), Blues in F, But Beautiful, Come Rain or Come Shine, Come Rain or Come Shine (take 4), Danny Boy, Detour Ahead (take 1), Detour Ahead (take 2), Easy to Love, Elsa, Everything Happens to Me, Ev’rything I Love, Gloria's Step, Gloria's Step (take 2), Gloria's Step (take 3), Haunted Heart, How About You?, How Deep Is the Ocean?, How My Heart Sings, I Loves You, Porgy, I Should Care, I Wish I Knew, In Your Own Sweet Way, In Your Own Sweet Way (take 1), In Your Own Sweet Way (take 2), In a Sentimental Mood, Isn’t It Romantic?, Israel, Jade Visions, Jade Visions (take 1), Jade Visions (take 2), Like Someone in Love, Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be), Midnight Mood, Milestones, My Foolish Heart, My Heart Stood Still, My Man’s Gone Now, My Romance (take 1), My Romance (take 2), Nardis, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Peri’s Scope, Sareen Jurer, See-Saw, Show-Type Tune, Since We Met, Solar, Some Day My Prince Will Come, Some Other Time, Spring Is Here, Stella by Starlight, Summertime, Swedish Pastry, Sweet and Lovely, The Boy Next Door, Time Remembered, Turn Out the Stars, Walking Up, Waltz for Debby (take 1), Waltz for Debby (take 2), What Is This Thing Called Love?, What is This Thing Called Love?, When I Fall in Love, Who Cares?, Witchcraft, Wonder Why
Blue Mitchell producer A Blue Time, A Sure Thing, Avars, Big Six, Blue Soul, Blue on Blue, Blues March, Blues on My Mind, Boomerang, Brother 'Ball, But Beautiful, Capers, Cup Bearers, Dingbat Blues, For All We Know, For Heaven's Sake, Gone With the Wind, Hip to It, Hootie Blues, How Deep Is the Ocean?, I Can't Get Started, I Wish I Knew, I'll Close My Eyes, I'm a Fool to Want You, It Could Happen to You, Jamph, Kinda Vague, Minor Vamp, Missing You, Nica's Dream, Park Avenue Petite, Peace, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Promenade, Scrapple From the Apple, Sir John, Smooth as the Wind, Strollin', Studio B, Sweet Pumpkin, Sweet-Cakes, The Best Things in Life Are Free, The Head, The Nearness of You, The Way You Look Tonight, There Will Never Be Another You, Tiger Lily, Top Shelf, Turquoise, Waverley Street, West Coast Blues, When I Fall in Love, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why Do I Love You?
Sonny Rollins producer A Child's Prayer, A House Is Not a Home, And Then My Love I Found You, Are You Ready?, Autumn Nocturne, Azalea, Camel, Cosmet, Cutie, Dearly Beloved, Disco Monk, Don't Ask, Don't Stop the Carnival, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, First Moves, Funky Hotel Blues, Gwaligo, Harlem Boys, Introducing the Performers, It Could Happen to You, Just in Time, Keep Hold of Yourself, Lucille, Mangoes, My Ideal, My Reverie, Newkleus, Nobody Else but Me, Non-Cents, Playin' in the Yard, Poinciana, President Hayes, Sais, Silver City, Skylark, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Tai-Chi, The Cutting Edge, The Everywhere Calypso, The File, The Last Time I Saw Paris, To a Wild Rose, Toot-Toot Tootsie, What Is There to Say
Bill Evans producer Alice in Wonderland (take 1), Alice in Wonderland (take 2), All of You (take 1), All of You (take 2), All of You (take 3), Detour Ahead (take 1), Detour Ahead (take 2), Epilogue, Gloria's Step (take 1, interrupted), Gloria's Step (take 2), Gloria's Step (take 3), I Loves You, Porgy, I'll Never Smile Again (alternate take 6), I'll Never Smile Again (take 7), Interplay, Jade Visions (take 1), Jade Visions (take 2), Lucky to Be Me, Milestones, Minority, My Foolish Heart, My Romance (take 1), My Romance (take 2), Night and Day, Oleo, Peace Piece, Solar, Some Other Time, Tenderly, Waltz for Debby (take 1), Waltz for Debby (take 2), What Is There to Say?, When You Wish Upon a Star, When in Rome / It Amazes Me, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away), You Go to My Head, You and the Night and the Music, Young and Foolish, [... a few final bars], [announcement and intermission], [discussing repertoire], [spoken introduction]
Chet Baker producer 'Tis Autumn, All or Nothing at All, Almost Like Being in Love, Alone Together, Blue Thoughts, Crazy, She Calls Me, Early Morning Mood, Everything I've Got Belongs to You, Fair Weather, Hotel 49, How High the Moon, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Talk to the Trees, I'm Old Fashioned, I've Grown Accoustomed to Her Face, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, If You Could See Me Now, It Might as Well Be Spring, It Never Entered My Mind, My Heart Stood Still, On the Street Where You Live, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, September Song, Show Me, Soft Winds, Solar, Thanks Heaven for Little Girls, The Heather On The Hill, The Heather on the Hill, The Way You Look Tonight, This Is Always, Time on My Hands (You in My Arms), We Could Make Such Beautiful Music, What Is There to Say, When Lights Are Low, When the Sun Comes Out, Yesterdays, You and the Night and the Music, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
Jimmy Heath producer All the Things You Are, Bells and Horns, Bruh' Slim, Changes, Cloak and Dagger, D. Waltz, Dew and Mud, Dewey Square, Down Shift, Funny Time, Gemini, Gingerbread Box, Goodbye, I Should Care, Just in Time, Keep Love Alive, Lowland Lullaby, Lush Life, Make Someone Happy, More Than You Know, New Picture, Nutty, On the Trail, Projects, Prospecting, Six Steps, Sophisticated Lady, Swamp Seed, The More I See You, The Quota, Thinking of You, Togetherness, Vanity, Wall to Wall, When Sunny Gets Blue
Mulgrew Miller producer '1684', Ambrosia, August Afternoon, Crystal Palace, Exact Change, Farewell to Dogma, For Those Who Do, Four, From Day to Day, Grew's Tune, Hand in Hand, I Remember You, La Chambre, Leilani's Leap, Like the Morning, More Than You Know, Neither Here nor There, One Notch Up, One's Own Room, Playthang, Return Trip, Sonhos do Brazil (Dreams of Brazil), Soul-Leo, Tetragon, The Countdown, The Eleventh Hour (early take), The Eleventh Hour (later take), Thinkin' Out Loud, Waltz for Monk, What a Difference a Day Made, What the World Needs Now Is Love, Wingspan, You're the Dream
Johnny Griffin producer 25 1/2 Daze, A Monk's Dream, Autumn Leaves, Ballad for Monsieur, Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Cherokee, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Fifty-Six, Good Bait, Green Grow the Rushes, Heads Up, Hot Sausage, Hush-a-bye, I Should Care, Little John, Low Gravy, Oh, Now I See, Party Time, Slow Burn, Sunny Monday, Teri's Tune, That's All, The Kerry Dancers, The Londonderry Air, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, The Way It Is, There Will Never Be Another You, Toe-Tappin', When We Were One, Where's Your Overcoat, Boy?, Wonder Why, You've Changed
McCoy Tyner producer 13th House, A Prayer for My Family, Above the Rainbow, Celestial Chant, Departure, Desert Cry, Ebony Queen, Elvin (Sir) Jones, Festival in Bahia, For Tomorrow, Impressions, Indo-serenade, La Cubaña, Land of the Lonely, Leo Rising, Love Samba, Mes trois fils, Mode for Dulcimer, Once I Loved, Opus, Paradox, Parody, Rebirth, Rotunda, Ruby, My Dear, Sahara, Sama Layuca, Search For Peace, Short Suite, Theme for Nana, Uptown, Valley of Life
Joe Henderson producer 'round Midnight, Afro-Centric, Black Is the Color (Of My True Love's Mind), Black Narcissus, Blue Bossa, Current Events, First Trip, Foresight and Afterthought (An Impromptu Suite in Three Movements), Forgone Conclusion, Gazelle, I've Got You Under My Skin, Invitation, Isotope, Junk Blues, Lazy Afternoon, Mind Over Matter, No Me Esqueca, Opus One-Point-Five, Out 'n' In, Power to the People, R.J., Shade of Jade, Terra Firma, Tetragon, The Bead Game, Vis-A-Vis, Waltz for Zweetie
Ernie Henry producer Active Ingredients, All the Things You Are, Autumn Leaves, Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are (excerpt), Beauty and the Blues, Checkmate, Cleo's Chant, Free Flight, Gone With the Wind, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Should Care, I've Got the World on a String, Like Someone in Love, Like Someone in Love (alternate take), Lover Man, Melba's Tune, My Ideal, Orient, S'posin' (alternate take), Soon, Specific Gravity, Sweet Lorraine
Johnny Lytle producer Can't Help Lovin' You, Didn't We, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Family, Gunky, High Treason, Inner Peace, Kevin Devin, Lela, Libra, On Green Dolphin Street, Pedro Strodder, People Make the World Go 'round, Solitude, Tawhid, The New Village Caller, The Soulful Rebel, The Struggle, The Village Caller, Unhappy Happy Soul, Where Is the Love, You Don't Know What Love Is
Abbey Lincoln producer Afro-Blue, Brother, Where Are You?, Come Sunday, Don’t Explain, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, I Must Have That Man, I Must Have That Man (take 3), Laugh, Clown, Laugh, Let Up, Lonely House, Long as You're Living, Lost in the Stars, My Man, Porgy, Porgy (take 1), Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, Strong Man, Tender as a Rose, That’s Him, Thursday's Child, When a Woman Loves a Man
Barry Harris producer Anachronism, Ascension, Body and Soul, Dancing in the Dark, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, I Should Care, It's the Talk of the Town, Louise, Mutattra, My Heart Stood Still, One Down, Play, Carol, Play, Preminado, Sphere, Teenie, The Londonerry Air, There's No One but You, What Is This Thing Called Love?
Charlie Byrd producer 500 Miles High, Agua de Beber, Balada Par El, Blame It on My Youth, Crystal Silence, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, Evil Ways, Feel Like Making Love, For Big John, I See Your Face Before Me, La Primera Palabra, Lonely Town, Some Time Ago, Song for Autumn, Southern Cross, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, We've Only Just Begun
James Moody producer A Statement, Au Privave, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Cherokee, Everyone Needs It, Feeling Low, Gone Are the Days, Love, Where Are You?, Main Stem, Never Again, Old Folks, Ruby, My Dear, Savannah Calling, Simplicity and Beauty, Smack-A-Mac, The Moon Was Yellow, You Got to Pay
Gary Bartz producer Another Earth, Blue (A Folk Tale), Celestial Blues, Dark Nebula, Drinking Song, Du (Rain), Lost in the Stars, Parted, People Dance, Perihelion and Aphelion, Rise, Taifa, The Planets, The Warrior's Song, UFO, Uhuru Sasa, Vietcong
Jack DeJohnette producer Ahmad the Terrible, Brown, Warm and Wintry, Countdown, Equipoise, Lydia, Miles' Mode, Milton, Minority, Mirror Image, Papa-Daddy and Me, Quiet Now, Requiem Number 1, Requiem Number 2, Spiral, The Major General, Time After Time
Ahmad Jamal producer A Gal in Calico, Ahmad's Blues, Autumn Leaves, Autumn in New York, Cheek to Cheek, I Wish I Knew, It Could Happen to You, Let's Fall in Love, Secret Love, Seleritus, Should I?, Squatty Roo, Stompin' at the Savoy, Taboo, That's All, The Girl Next Door
Clifford Jordan producer A Story Tale, Cumberland Court, Defiance, Don't You Know I Care, Down Through the Years, Extempore, Falling in Love Is Wonderful, Hip Pockets, If I Didn't Care, Mosaic, One Flight Down, Prints, Quittin' Time, Sunrise in Mexico, Windmill, You're Driving Me Crazy
Flora Purim producer 500 Miles High, Bahia, Bridge, Butterfly Dreams, Cravo E Canela (Cinnamon and Cloves), Dindi, Dr. Jive (Part 1), Dr. Jive (Part 2), Jive Talk, Light as a Feather, Love Reborn, Moon Dreams, O Cantador, Summer Night, Uri (The Wind)
David “Fathead” Newman producer As Good As You Are, Blues for Ball, Clouds, Concrete Jungle, Dance of the Honey Bee and the Funky Fly, Destiny, Distant Lover, Freaky Beat, I Am Singing, Keep The Dream Alive, Knocks Me Off My Feet, Save Your Love for Me, Silver Morning, Sun Seeds
Sakin Modronja producer Fudgesickle Built for Four, Fun Ride, Funkallero, I'll Never Smile Again, Interplay, Loose Bloose, My Bells, There Came You, Time Remembered, When You Wish Upon a Star, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away), You Got to My Head, You and the Night and the Music
Vasil Zlatev producer Bahia, Blue Lou, From This Moment On, Funky Fluke, How Am I To Know, I Wished On The Moon, Imagination, Ow!, Save Your Love for Me, Soft Winds, Tickle Toe, Tin Tin Deo, Twins
Sonny Red producer Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Blue Sonny, Blues for Donna, Bye, Bye Blues (Hamm-Bennett-Lown-Gray), Dodge City, I Like The Likes Of You (Duke-Harburg), Images, Ko-Kee (Sonny Red), Moon River (Mancini-Mercer), Never, Never Land (Comden, Green, Styne), Super-20 (Sonny Red), The Mode (Sonny Red), The Rhythm Thing
Odetta producer Believe I'll Go, Go Down, Sunshine, Hard, Oh Lord, Hogan's Alley, How Long Blues, Leavin' This Mornin', Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Oh, My Babe, Oh, Papa, Weeping Willow Blues, Yonder Comes the Blues
Eddie Jefferson producer A Night in Tunisia, Billie's Bounce (take 3), Billie's Bounce (take 4), Body and Soul (I Feel So Good), I Cover the Waterfront (Back in Town), Keep Walkin' (take 1), Keep Walkin' (take 4), Letter From Home, Parker's Mood (Bless My Soul), Soft and Furry, Take the "A" Train, Things Are Getting Better
George Russell producer 'Round Midnight, Au Privave, D.C. Divertimento, Ezz-thetic, Honesty, Lydiot, Nardis, The Outer View, The Outer View (take 2), Thoughts, You Are My Sunshine, Zig-Zag
Oberfränkisches Auswahlorchester producer Bending Broadly, Body and Soul, How Deep Is the Ocean?, I Can't Get Started, Invitation, Just Friends, Lennie's, Nothin', Thingin', You Go to My Head, You Stepped Right Out of a Dream
Harold Land producer Compulsion, Don't Explain, Klactoveedsedstene, Okay Blues, On a Little Street in Singapore, Slowly, So in Love, Terrain, Triple Trouble, Ursula, West Coast Blues
Kenny Dorham producer Angel Eyes, Autumn Leaves, From This Moment On, Golden Earrings, I Remember Clifford, I Understand, Make Me a Present of You, Since I Fell for You, This Is the Moment, Where Are You?
The Joe Henderson Quintet producer A Shade Of Jade, Blue Bossa, Caribbean Fire Dance, Closing Theme, If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem, Invitation, Isotope, Mode for Joe, Recorda-Me, ’round Midnight
James Clay producer Come Rain or Come Shine, Come Rain or Come Shine (take 1), I Remember You, Linda Serene, Lost Tears, New Delhi, New Delhi (take 5), New Delhi [take 6], Pavanne, Pockets
Evans Bradshaw producer A Foggy Day, Blues for Jim, It Ain’t Necessarily So, It’s All Right With Me, Mangoes, Night in Tunisia, Pushing the Blues, Take the "A" Train, The Trolley Song
Johnny Prophet producer A Little Pianissimo, Alone Together, Continuum, In a Sentimental Mood, N.O. Blues, Nubia, Stop the Carnival, The Cutting Edge, Willow Weep for Me
Trutamora Slovenica producer Blues for Christmas / Rufus Playboy / Grandma's Coffin / Blues for Christmas (Return), Grandma's Coffin (Return) / Rufus Playboy (Return) / Grandma's Coffin (2nd Return), Job's Red Wagon (Return), Little John Shoes, Milord's Callin' / Little John Shoes (Return) / Milord's Callin' (Return), The Henry John Story (Return) / Green, Green Rocky Road (Return), The Henry John Story / Green, Green Rocky Road / Job's Red Wagon, The Loop (Return), Trampin' / The Loop / Trampin' (Return)
Wes Montgomery Trio producer 'Round Midnight, Ecaroh, Jingles, Missile Blues, Satin Doll, The End of a Love Affair, Too Late Now, Whisper Not, Yesterdays
Victor Feldman producer Bloke's Blues, Come Sunday, For Dancers Only, I Want To Be Wanted, Lisa, Mosey On Down, Serenity, The Man I Love, You Make Feel So Young
Frank Strozier producer Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, How Little We Know, Just Think It Over, Long Night, Pacemaker, The Crystal Ball, The Man That Got Away, The Need for Love
Wynton Kelly producer Action, Dark Eyes, Dark Eyes (alternate take), Don't Explain, Ill Wind, Strong Man, Whisper Not, You Can't Get Away
Tomoko Makuuchi producer A Gal in Calico, Broadway, Close Your Eyes, Four, I've Got a Crush on You, Jawbreakers, Moolah, Oo-Ee!
Ca’ssandra producer Fudgesickle Built for Four, Fun Ride, Funkallero, Loose Bloose, Loose Bloose (alternate), My Bells, There Came You, Time Remembered
Cannonball Adderley producer Goodbye, Know What I Mean? (take 12), Nancy (with the Laughing Face), Toy (take 10), Toy (take 8), Venice, Who Cares? (take 4), Who Cares? (take 5)
Bobby Hutcherson producer Beep D'Bop, Besame Mucho, Both Worlds, Poema Para Ravel, Pomponio, Street Song, Tin Tin Deo, Yelapa
Holmepupyz producer Black Narcissus, Don't Lend Your Guitar to Anyone, My Cherie Amour, Sad Eyes, Samba de Oneida, San Francisco River, Tambu (Tombo in 7/4), Tereza My Love
Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet producer Bossa Nova Ova, Chant, H and T Blues, Little Waltz, Mean What You Say, No Refill, Wives and Lovers, Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Stanley Turrentine producer Airport Love Theme, All by Myself, Everybody Come On Out, Hope That We Can Be Together Soon, I’m Not in Love, Many Rivers to Cross, Stairway to Heaven, There Is a Place (Rita’s Theme)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers producer Caravan, In the Small Wee Hours of the Morning, Skylark, Sweet ’n’ Sour, Sweet ’n’ Sour (take 4), Thermo, Thermo (take 2), This Is for Albert
Olli Kivistö producer 'Sposin', End of a Love Affair, I'll Be Seeing You, Is It True What They Say About Dixie?, Jazz-Classic, Lotus Blossom, Noose Bloos, Soon
Sam Jones producer All Members, Deep Blue Cello, Home, Just Friends, So Tired, Some Kinda Mean, The Old Country, There Is No Greater Love
Donald Byrd producer Alter Ego, Blue Monk, Fly, Little Bird Fly, Harlem Blues, Hi-Fly, Sir Master Kool Guy, Voyage à Deux
Eric Burnley producer Even Steven, Four on Six, I Should Care, If You Should See Me Now, Sing Song, Small Wonder, Solar
Big Squig producer All Members, Brooklyn Bridge, But Beautiful, Fast Company, Secret Love, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, The Hearing
Michael Howell producer Althea, Circles, Don't Explain, Ebony King, In the Silence, The Call, Think on Me
Christina Maria Gaugl producer Blues Oriental, Groovin’ High, Just One of Those Things, Serves Me Right (take 5), Sounds for Sid, The Sidewalks of New York (take 5), Things Are Getting Better
Freddie Redd producer Blue Hour, By Myself, Minor Interlude, Nica Steps Out, Old Man River, San Francisco Suite: View of the Golden Gate Bridge From Sausalito / Grant Street (Chinatown) / Barbary Coast / Cousin Jimbo's Between 3 and 7 A.M. / Dawn in the City, This Is New
Frank Morgan Quartet producer Billie’s Bounce, Cheryl, Night in Tunisia, Scrapple From the Apple, Skylark, Star Eyes, Yardbird Suite
Michał Przytuła producer African Dream, Expubidence, Glidin' Along, Green's Scene, Milkshake, Stardust, Sweet Sucker
Frank Morgan All Stars producer Black Narcissus, Caravan, O.K., Old Bowl, New Grits, Reflections, Sonnymoon for Two, Starting Over
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis producer Afro-Jaws, Alma Alegre (Happy Soul), Guanco Lament, Jazz-A-Samba, Star Eyes, Tin Tin Deo, Wild Rice
Lee Morgan producer A Waltz for Fran, Lee-Sure Time, Little Spain, Raggedy Ann, Second's Best, Take Twelve
Benny Golson producer Are You Real?, Cry a Blue Tear, Jubilation, Strut Time, Symptoms, This Night
Charlie Rouse Quintet producer "204", Blue Farouq, Pretty Strange, They Didn't Believe Me, Upptankt, Wierdo
Benny Golson Sextet producer Blues on Down, Hymn to the Orient, Namely You, Out of the Past, Reunion, Venetian Breeze
Charlie Rouse producer, vocal 'Round Midnight, Blue Monk, Epistrophy, Nutty, Ruby, My Dear, Some Words About Monk
Red Garland Trio producer But Not for Me, Love for Sale, Never Let Me Go, Oleo, Railroad Crossing, Solar
Gigi Gryce producer Geraldine, Love for Sale, Minority, Straight Ahead, Wake Up, Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Charles Earland producer Joe Brown, Kharma, Morgan, Suite for Martin Luther King, Part 1: Offering, Suite for Martin Luther King, Part 2: Mode for Martin
Bernt Karsten Sannerud producer Bohemia After Dark (a.k.a. Birdland After Dark), Hi-Fly, Spontaneous Combustion, This Here, You Got It!
Azar Lawrence producer From The Point Of Light, From The Point Of Love, Highway, Novo Ano, Summer Solstice
Wes Montgomery producer Airegin, D-Natural Blues, Four on Six, In Your Own Sweet Way, West Coast Blues
Elmo Hope Trio producer Homecoming, Imagination, La Berthe, One Mo' Blues
Melvin Rhyne producer Barefoot Sunday Blues, Blue Farouq, Shoo Shoo Baby, Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Crystal Lake producer A Kiss for My Love (take 5), Eyes So Beautiful as Yours, Moe Jr (take 4)
Art Blakey producer Anthenagin, I'm Not So Sure
Luka Belani producer You and the Night and the Music, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To