Cookie Marenco is an American audio engineer, record producer, and composer.
[1] Marenco, along with French engineer Jean Claude Reynaud, developed Extended Sound Environment (E.S.E.
[2] Marenco's artist credits include Max Roach, Bryan "Brain" Mantia, Kenny Aronoff, Steve Smith, Brady Blade, Tony Furtado, Tony Trischka, Dirk Powell, Rob Ickes, Charlie Haden, Tony Levin, Steve Rodby, Buckethead, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Ernie Watts, Glen Moore, Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, Pat DiNizio, Kristin Hersch, Brad Mehldau, Matt Rollings, Kevin Kern, Art Lande, Clara Ponty, Chanticleer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mark Isham and Michael Tolcher.
[3] Her production and engineering skills can be found on projects for Monterey Jazz Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Marinfest, Midem, Hard Rock Cafe, Windham Hill Records, Verve, Rounder Records, Om Records, Sony, and Warner Bros.[4] Marenco and French engineer Jean Claude Reynaud founded Blue Coast Records in 2007.
[2] Artists include Kai Eckhardt, Tony Furtado, Rob Ickes, and others.