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Teo Macero

American jazz saxophonist and composer

United States • 1925-10-30 – 2008-02-19

Teo Macero is credited on 6,668 releases across 758 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,668

Pressings credited

758

Albums

8

Decades active

1,770

In collections

Biography

Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz record producer, saxophonist, and composer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and Dave Brubeck's Time Out, two of the best-selling and most influential jazz albums of all time. Macero was known for his innovative use of editing and tape manipulation unprecedented in jazz and proving influential on subsequent fusion, experimental rock, electronica, post-punk, no wave, and acid jazz.

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6,668 releases · 758 albums · active 1953–2026

  • Production · 6,543
  • Performance · 1,241
  • Other credits · 525
  • Mastering · 64
  • Engineering · 7

Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Philharmonic Hall, New York · CBS Studios, New York · Columbia Recording Studios

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