Orrin Keepnews jazz riddle.

[Hardbopjazz]

A riddle Orrin Keepnews would tell.

How do you make a million dollars in jazz?

Punch line to follow if no one gives the answer.

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by Hardbopjazz

[GA Russell]

Start with two million!

[JSngry]

Three, per Stan Getz iirc?

[Bill Nelson]

As Keepnews would say, "If the money-losing venture might affect a potential deal of mine, I can't provide you with any names." 

Keepnews frequently withholds names in his autobiography, 'The View From Within' (1988).  As if to tell the reader, "I'm glad you're interested but I'll keep it to myself."

 

[Hardbopjazz]

20 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Start with two million!

Correct.

[skeith]

RE: PERSON I KNEW

[Jim R]

On 9/11/2016 at 7:33 PM, Hardbopjazz said:

A riddle Orrin Keepnews would tell.

How do you make a million dollars in jazz?

Punch line to follow if no one gives the answer.

 

 

On 9/11/2016 at 7:36 PM, GA Russell said:

Start with two million!

Wow, that was less than three minutes.  You couldn't have gotten an answer more quickly if you had asked "Who wants a million dollars?"  Way too easy, but a good way to make sure the board isn't running slow!

[crisp]

Surely Keepnews wasn't the first to crack that joke...

[BeBop]

That one may be even older than this one:

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Two guys talking.

Bob: Hey, Jim.  I was so sorry to hear your jazz nightclub burned down.

Jim:  Shhhh.  That's not until next week.

[Hardbopjazz]

Or this one.

What do you get when you drop a piano down a mineshaft?

 You get an a flat minor.