Teo Macero

American record producer, jazz saxophonist and composer
Born October 30, 1925 in Glens Falls, NY, USA, died February 19, 2008 in Riverhead, Long Island, NY, USA
A staff producer for Records from 1959 (he was first hired as a music editor in 1957), Macero produced a series of albums by (beginning with [m5460]) until the early 1980s, including editing that almost amounted to creating compositions after the recordings. He also supervised sessions led by (including [m34081]) and signed . He left Columbia in 1975 to found Teo Productions.