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Teo Macero
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American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer (1925–2008)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Works
- 1
Top works
- New music in quarter-tones
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-10-30
- Active to
- 2008-02-19
jazz
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,490
- Total plays
- 16,290
Tags
jazzcomposerthird stream jazzjazz saxophonecontemporary classical
Teo Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008), 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 the Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, which at #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 <a href="https://www.last.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Teo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glens Falls
- Place of death
- Riverhead
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.teorecords.com
- Image
- Teo Macero.jpg
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- name in native language
- Teo Macero
- Commons category
- Teo Macero
- date of birth
- 1925-10-30
- date of death
- 2008-02-19
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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