Creed Taylor RIP


Not sure this was mentioned as I have just spent two weeks at the Mass General Burn center getting a skin graph. But on August 22, 2022 Creed Taylor passed away at the age of 93. He started two iconic labels Impulse and CTI. His emphasis was always on a high level of recorded sound quality. He was responsible for putting together Getz, Jobim and Jao Gilberto together which started the Bossa Nova craze in the USA.

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Another one gone.  RIP Creed.  He put out a lot of good music on his CTI label but ruined it for me by adding the heavy helping of strings, trying to find something with wider appeal than straight jazz, I guess.

 

I never heard of him, but if he got them together, I love him. I was just listening to one of those Getz discs two days ago. Still fresh as a daisy, and the sound is great.

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Live At Carnegie Hall is one example of Creed Taylors work.