Michael Cuscuna

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Michael Cuscuna is an American jazz record producer and writer.

Cuscuna played drums, saxophone and flute while young, but placed his emphasis on starting his own record label. He had a jazz show on WXPN and worked for ESP late in the 1960s, in addition to writing to Jazz, Pop Magazine, and Down Beat. He took a position as a producer with Atlantic Records in the 1970s, recording Dave Brubeck and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He also worked at Motown, ABC (doing reissues of Impulse! albums), Arista, Muse, Freedom, and Novus. From 1975 to 1981 he went through the Blue Note archives and recovered many sessions which are now prized.[1]

Along with Charlie Lourie, he founded Mosaic Records in 1983 as a reissue label, specializing in box set releases. Cuscuna has won three Grammy Awards for his releases.[2]

[edit] Grammy Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael Cuscuna at All Music Guide
  2. ^ Grammy Awards, Allmusic.com
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