Creed Taylor

American producer and label manager

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Born: 13th May 1929 Lynchburg, Virginia, USA

Died: 22nd Aug 2022 Winkelhaid, Bavaria, Germany

Jazz producer and the founder of two legendary labels: [l=Impulse!] (as a subsidiary of [l=ABC-Paramount]) and [l=CTI Records] an independent production company, initially an imprint and distributed by [l=A&M Records]. After August 1969 CTI Records became wholly independent. CTI's subsidiaries [l=Kudu], [l840008] and [l=Three Brothers Records]. He also founded [l=Greene Street Records] and several publishing companies, among them [l=Char-Liz Music, Inc.] and [l=Three Brothers Music]. Creed Taylor has been a huge influence in many producers such as [a=Esmond Edwards], [a=Tommy LiPuma], [a=Dave Grusin], [a=Arnaldo DeSouteiro] and [a=Dave Matthews (3)]. He started his career as a trumpet player influenced by [a=Ernie Royal], and became a record producer when working in the '50s for [l=Bethlehem Records] and, later, [l=ABC-Paramount].

He was hired by [l=ABC-Paramount] in December 1955 to set up a jazz department for the label. Later on, he went on to produce jazz albums for Verve and in July 1967 started producing records for A&M's New York operation. Taylor produced a number of albums credited to the [a=The Creed Taylor Orchestra]. This was in effect [a2474791], Kenyon Hopkins was under contract [l654] at the time. Taylor did not play on any of the albums.