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
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.