Jim Anderson is a

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and producer for

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in the

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, and film industries.

Early career

Anderson attended

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. He worked at the public radio station, WDUQ-FM and was later employed for six years at

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as a broadcast technician.

Awards

Anderson's recordings have received 11

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-awards and 26 Grammy nominations. In broadcasting, his work has received two

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s for radio programs and two

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nominations for television programs. Anderson's surround mix of Patricia Barber's "Modern Cool" won the Grammy for Best Surround Album in 2013. Jane Ira Bloom's ''

Sixteen Sunsets ''Sixteen Sunsets'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released on December 15, 2013 by Outline Records label. This is her 15th album as a band leader. ''Sixteen Sunsets'' received a Grammy nomination for ...

'' received a Grammy nomination for Best Surround Album in 2014. In 2018, Anderson's mix of Jane Ira Bloom's ''

Early Americans ''Early Americans'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released on May 13, 2016, by Outline Records label. This is her 16th album as a band leader. The album received the Grammy Award for Best Immersive A ...

'' won a Grammy for Best Surround Album. Anderson mixed the album "just for fun" in 1.5 days. His recording of Patricia Barber's "Clique" was nominated for a Grammy 2022. A 1969 Butler High School graduate, Anderson was the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award recipient.https://www.basdk12.org/docs/district/alumni/class%20of%202013.pdf?id=2478 He was honored by his college alma mater, Duquesne University, with the University’s Mary Pappert School of Music Alumni Achievement Award in 2018.

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. Anderson is a professor and was chair at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, 2004-2008.

References

External links

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