Heiner Stadler (April 9, 1942 ā February 18, 2018) was a German - American jazz composer, record producer, pianist and arranger whose work has traversed genres including jazz, blues and country, baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary classical music. He was also the founder and CEO of Labor Records, distributed by Naxos Records. Stadler was born April 9, 1942 in West Prussia (now part of Poland) in the town of Lessen (Åasin) in the county of Graudenz (GrudziÄ d). Read more on Last.fm