Awards and Tributes
Bill Evans' composition Re: Person I Knew was an early tribute to Orrin Keepnews: the title is an anagram of his name.
Orrin Keepnews won several Recording Academy Grammy Awards in the 1980s: Best Album Notes for The "Interplay" Sessions performed by Bill Evans in 1984 and Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes for Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings in 1988. In 2004 Keepnews was given a Trustees Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy.
In June 2010, Keepnews received a 2011 NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts in the field of jazz, including a stipend of $25,000.
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