Michael Cuscuna, a three-time Grammy winning jazz producer and the co-founder of Mosaic Records, has died. He was 75.
His death was confirmed on Monday by the record label Blue Note, for whom he produced reissues and studio sessions. He did the same for numerous other labels including Impulse, Atlantic, Arista, Freedom, Novus, Muse and Elektra.
Cuscuna died April 20 of cancer at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, according to Grammy-winning recording artist Billy Vera, Cuscana’s longtime friend and collaborator.
Cuscuna was born in Stamford on September 20, 1948. After mastering the drums, saxophone and flute as a teenager, he took on numerous roles
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