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Shake Keane

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines • 1927-05-30 – 1997-11-11

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Biography

Ellsworth McGranahan "Shake" Keane (30 May 1927 – 11 November 1997) was a Vincentian jazz musician and poet. He is best known today for his role as a jazz trumpeter, principally his work as a member of the ground-breaking Joe Harriott Quintet (1959–65).

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

267 releases · 63 albums · active 1961–2025

  • Performance · 433
  • Other credits · 43

Studios: Lansdowne Studios · The Platinum Factory · Cornet Studio · Rhenus Studio

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Joe Harriott Quintet
  • Becket
  • Jonny Teupen
  • Dannie Abse
  • The Joe Harriott Quintet
  • Michael Garrick Quintet
  • The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band

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