Teo Macero
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Macero at the first Miles Davis Conference held at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on May 11, 1996
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Attilio Joseph Macero |
| Born |
October 30, 1925 Glens Falls, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 2008 (aged 82) Riverhead, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, classical, third stream, orchestral jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, saxophonist, producer |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Years active | 1953–2008 |
| Labels | Columbia |
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Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) 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-selling and most influential jazz albums of all time.
Teo Macero was born and raised in Glens Falls, New York. After serving in the United States Navy, he moved to New York City in 1948 to attend the Juilliard School of Music. He studied composition, and graduated from Juilliard in 1953 with Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
In 1953, Macero co-founded Charles Mingus' Jazz Composers Workshop, and became a major contributor to the New York City avant-garde jazz scene. As a composer, Macero wrote in an atonal style, as well as in third stream, a synthesis of jazz and classical music. He performed live, and recorded several albums with Mingus and the other Workshop members over the next three years, including Jazzical Moods (in 1954) and Jazz Composers Workshop (in 1955).
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