<![CDATA[Teo Macero, R.I.P. - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Teo Macero, R.I.P. - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:06:55 EST Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:06:55 EST http://idolator.com/359793/teo-macero-rip <![CDATA[Teo Macero, R.I.P.]]> http://idolator.com/359793/teo-macero-rip#c4355758 Yet another tragic loss. Macero-era Miles Davis was definitely an inspiration to me when I performed in a college jazz band. To think that he did all of those awesome edits by the cumbersome task of splicing tape, long before Pro Tools made editing too easy.

Cam/ron

]]> 33:359793:c4355758 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:06:55 EST <![CDATA[Teo Macero, R.I.P.]]> http://idolator.com/359793/teo-macero-rip#c4355138 What a loss. What I admire even more than his editing of the electric records is his production work on the middle-period stuff, from the classic quintet records to the Gil Evans collabs. He knew so much about space and ambience and balance-how something as simple as mic placement could make the difference between an adequate record and a magical one.

There are all kinds of reasons why Kind of Blue is the one jazz record that seemingly everybody owns and likes; but a big part of it, I've always thought, is that it's just a great sounding recording. And I put that all on Teo Macero. God rest and God bless.

Jack Fear

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