Taylor helped usher in the U.S. bossa nova craze of the early 1960s after producing and releasing the Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd album "Jazz Samba." By Chris Eggertsen Creed Taylor, a legendary ...

Creed Taylor is best known for his CTI label of the 1970s, but he has been important in the jazz recording industry for quite some time. He played trumpet early on before becoming the head of A&R at ...