Teo Macero
Jazz, Record Producer
1925 – 2008
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Who was Teo Macero?
Teo Macero, born Attilio Joseph Macero, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years, and most notably produced Kind of Blue, the Miles Davis album which at No. 12 is the highest-ranked jazz album on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and according to the RIAA, is the best-selling jazz album of all time. Macero also produced Davis' Bitches Brew, and Dave Brubeck's Time Out, which, along with Kind of Blue, are three of the best-known and most influential jazz albums of all time.
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- Born
- Oct 30, 1925
Glens Falls - Also known as
- Macero, Teo
- Teo Mascero
- Attilio Joseph Macero
- Attilio J. Macero
- Spouses
- Florence Macero
- Jeanne Macero
(1970 - 2008/02/19)
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, Juilliard School
Musical composition
( - 1953)
- Master's Degree, Juilliard School
- Lived in
- Quogue
( - 2008/02/19)
- Quogue
- Died
- Feb 19, 2008
Riverhead
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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