Bruce Sweden
Bruce Swedien (born April 19, 1934 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American sound engineer .
Act
Sweden was born in Minnesota as a descendant of Swedish immigrants . He began his musical career in 1959 in the recording studios of Universal Recording Corporation of Bill Putnam in Chicago .
Recorded and mixed were by him u. a. the following artists and soundtracks:
- Jazz: Count Basie , Duke Ellington , Dizzy Gillespie , Lionel Hampton , Quincy Jones , Oscar Peterson , Herbie Hancock
- Pop: David Hasselhoff , Patti Austin , Natalie Cole , Roberta Flack , Mick Jagger , Michael Jackson , Jennifer Lopez , Paul McCartney , Diana Ross , Rufus & Chaka Khan , Barbra Streisand , Donna Summer , Sarah Vaughan
- Movie soundtracks: Nightshift, The Color Purple , Running Scared.
With the musicians in Europe, Sweden became known through a workshop tour in the 1990s and the advertising campaign as Famous Monster for the company Monster Cable.
He was the sound engineer at the mixer on the world's best-selling album, Thriller by Michael Jackson , and worked with Jackson for many more years. He has received 13 Grammy nominations and five Grammy Awards for Michael Jackson's Thriller , Bad and Dangerous albums and in 1991 for Quincy Jones' Back on the Block .
On November 10, 2001, he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from Luleå Technical University , Sweden, for his services as a sound engineer .
literature
- Bruce Swedien, Make Mine Music, MIA Musikk, 2003, ISBN 8299675618
- Bruce Swedien, In The Studio With Michael Jackson, Hal Leonard, 2009, ISBN 9781423464952
Web links
- Bruce Swedien's website
- Bruce Swedien at Discogs (English)
- Bruce Swedien in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sweden, Bruce |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota |