January 5, 2025
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Orrin Keepnews

Gene Glotzer01 mins

Orrin Keepnews died today, just one day shy of his 92nd birthday.  I knew his work, of course, but I went to his Discogs page just to look around and I was totally blown away.  He is credited on 752 records for production.  And a huge percentage of those are absolute classics.  There’s Monk, Sonny…

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Beck and Beyoncé

Gene Glotzer05 mins

For starters, I don’t pay any attention to the Grammy Awards.  I think the last time I watched was when Milli Vanilli beat out Living Colour for best new artist.  The Grammys generally don’t bother with music I enjoy, so I don’t bother with them.  This year there was apparently a bit of controversy when Beck won…

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