Norman Keenan
Norman Dewey Keenan (November 23, 1916 in Union, South Carolina – February 12, 1980 in New York City) was an American jazz double-bassist. Keenan began playing piano before learning bass at age 15. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw (mid-1930s), Lucky Millinder (1939–40), Henry Wells (1940), Earl Bostic, and Cootie Williams, and jammed at Minton's Playhouse around the same time. Following World War II he worked with Williams again and with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson in 1947-49. From 1949 to 1957 he was the bassist in the house trio at the Village Vanguard. After backing Harry Belafonte from 1957 to 1962 and working on the TV show Hootenanny, he began playing jazz again in the 1960s, with Count Basie (1965-74) and Roy Eldridge (1966). |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 119508 | 8/16/1967 | Green onions | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14618 | 8/16/1967 | Goin' out of my head | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14619 | 8/16/1967 | Hang on sloopy | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14620 | 8/16/1967 | Green onions | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14621 | 8/16/1967 | Knock on wood | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14622 | 8/15/1967 | Bright lights, big city | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14623 | 8/15/1967 | Mercy, mercy, mercy | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14624 | 8/15/1967 | Don't let the sun catch you crying-1 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14625 | 8/15/1967 | Ain't too proud to beg | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14626 | 8/17/1967 | Let the good times roll | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14627 | 8/17/1967 | Reach out, I'll be there | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14628 | 8/17/1967 | In the heat of the night | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 14629 | 8/17/1967 | Memphis, Tennessee | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Keenan, Norman," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/324892.
Keenan, Norman. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/324892.
"Keenan, Norman." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Keenan, Norman, 1916-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001052895
Wikidata: Norman Keenan - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7052433
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54334273
MusicBrainz: Norman Keenan - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71db34e4-97ca-448b-b987-8a75f72c468d
ISNI: 0000 0000 5514 5611 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055145611
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