Jimmy Douglass
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Jimmy Douglass | |
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| Also known as | The Senator |
| Origin | Recording engineer, mixing engineer, record producer |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Atlantic Records |
| Website | jimmydouglass |
Jimmy Douglass, also known as "The Senator", is an American
Career
In the early 1970s at Atlantic Records studios in New York City, he started his studio career as a part-time tape duplicator while still attending high school. There he learned how to operate the studio's custom made 16-channel console and observed, was trained by, as well as worked with some of the greatest engineers, producers and record moguls including Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun. For his first time behind the faders, he was encouraged by Wexler to engineer the session recording for a demo of a new band.[1] He went on to work with Atlantic Recording artists such as Aretha Franklin, Hall & Oates, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.
During the 1980s, Douglass continued to hone his engineering skills while also taking on the role as producer. He engineered and produced established artists including The Rolling Stones, Elkie Brooks, Slave, Odyssey, Roxy Music, Genesis and Gang of Four.
Douglass started the first half of the 1990s, working mainly on
Beginning the new millennium, Douglass continued engineering and mixing more Timbaland produced projects including
.Douglass lives in California.
References
- ^ Richard Burskin (2002). "Jimmy Douglass : Sound Engineer". Sound on Sound. Vol. september. Archived from the original on 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
External links
- Jimmy Douglass discography at Discogs
