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Jim Anderson
OriginPittsburgh, United States of America
GenresJazz and acoustic music
Occupation(s)Record producer, sound engineer and audio mixer
Instrument(s)French Horn

Jim Anderson is a recording engineer and Producer of acoustic music, in the recording, radio, television, and film industries.[1][2]

Early career

Anderson attended Pittsburgh's Duquesne University. He worked at the public radio station, WDUQ-FM and was later employed for six years at National Public Radio as a broadcast technician.[3]

Awards

Anderson's recordings have received 13 Grammy awards and 26 Grammy nominations. In broadcasting, his work has received two Peabody Awards for radio programs and two Emmy Award nominations for television programs.[4]

Anderson's surround mix of Patricia Barber's "Modern Cool" won the Grammy for Best Surround Album in 2013.[5] Jane Ira Bloom's Sixteen Sunsets received a Grammy nomination for Best Surround Album in 2014.[6] In 2018, Anderson's mix of Jane Ira Bloom's Early Americans won a Grammy for Best Surround Album. Anderson mixed the album "just for fun" in 1.5 days.[7] His recording of Patricia Barber's "Clique" was nominated for a Grammy 2022.[8]

A 1969 Butler High School graduate,[citation needed] Anderson was the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award recipient.[9] He was honored by his college alma mater, Duquesne University, with the University's Mary Pappert School of Music Alumni Achievement Award in 2018.[4]

Educational and Industry Activities

Anderson has been a lecturer and guest faculty member at multiple institutions including Berklee School of Music; McGill University; Banff Centre of the Arts; Berlin University of the Arts; University of Luleå (Sweden); the New School; Penn State University; and University of Massachusetts/Lowell. Anderson was president of the Audio Engineering Society; he has chaired AES conventions and received the AES Fellowship Award.[10] Anderson was chair at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, 2004-2008. He is currently a professor in the program.[4]

References

  1. ^ Thomas Conrad. "Jazz Times". Retrieved 2010-07-28. If audiophiles ran the world, would not all jazz recordings get made...by great engineers like...Jim Anderson...?
  2. ^ Doug Ramsey. "All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-07-28. superior sound by first-rate engineers like Jim Anderson
  3. ^ Robert Baird. "Aural Robert". Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  4. ^ a b c "Jim Anderson - Professor - Clive Davis Institute - Music Production".
  5. ^ http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=54[bare URL]
  6. ^ "Grammys 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. ^ Anderson, Jim. "Q&A with Jim Anderson". ImmersiveAudioAlbum.com.
  8. ^ https://www.grammy.com/artists/jim-anderson/242[bare URL]
  9. ^ https://www.basdk12.org/docs/district/alumni/class%20of%202013.pdf?id=2478[bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ Clive Young. "Pro Sound News". Retrieved 2010-07-28.

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