Jim Anderson (sound engineer)

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

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

Early career

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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

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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 the 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

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Anderson has been a lecturer and guest faculty member at multiple institutions including Berklee College of Music,[10] McGill University, Banff Centre of the Arts, Berlin University of the Arts, University of Luleå (Sweden), the New School, Penn State University, and the University of Massachusetts/Lowell. Anderson was president of the Audio Engineering Society; he has chaired AES conventions and received the AES Fellowship Award.[11] Anderson was chair at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, 2004-2008. He is currently a professor in this program.[4]

References

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  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. ^ Nomineesgrammy.com Archived 2012-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ^ "Jim Anderson | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  9. ^ Alumni Butler Area School District [dead link]
  10. ^ "Berklee College of Music - MP&E Visiting Artists". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  11. ^ Clive Young. "Pro Sound News". Retrieved 2010-07-28.
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