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 Miles Davis (beginning with ) until the early 1980s, including editing that almost amounted to creating compositions after the recordings. He also supervised sessions led by Dave Brubeck (including ) and signed Charles Mingus. He left Columbia in 1975 to found Teo Productions.