Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist and composer
United States • 1925-10-30 – 2008-02-19
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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Credited on 8,389 releases.
Frequent collaborators: Miles Davis, Various, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charlie Byrd, The Brothers Four, Andre Kostelanetz.
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