Jim Anderson (sound engineer)

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]

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, 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]

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]

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