Fred Catero (February 4, 1933 – October 6, 2022) was an American record producer and engineer. Originally from New York City, where he worked for CBS Records/Columbia, in the mid-1960s Catero moved to San Francisco to work for Columbia Records there. In San Francisco, Catero worked on many albums by top artists, including Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Tower of Power and Santana. He also produced and engineered recordings with Aaron Copland, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt and Mel Tormé. Many of his records were done at the Automatt. In the 1980s he started an independent label Catero Records to focus on jazz artists. Artists on Catero Records included Herbie Hancock, Ernie Mansfield, Laurie Antonioli, Cyrille Verdeaux, The Rhyth-o-matics and Paul Speer.
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4 February 1933
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Died |
6 October 2022 (aged 89)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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