Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson's American sound engineer
He is an American sound engineer who has worked with several great names such as Mick Jagger, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Count Basie, BB King, George Benson, Patti Austin, John Lee Hooker, Paul McCartney , Natalie Cole, Jennifer Lopez ...
In 1977, he worked with Quincy Jones, recording the soundtrack of the movie "The Wiz", his first encounter with Michael Jackson.
They will not leave each other and Michael Jackson will regularly call on Swedien. In 1983 he earned his first Grammy Award as best sound engineer for his work on the album Thriller by Michael Jackson, winning two more during his collaboration with the artist.
He has won 5 Grammy Awards as Best Sound Engineer, and has been nominated 13 times:
1983: Best sound engineer for the album "Thriller"
1987: Best Sound Engineer (with H.Gatica) for the album "Bad"
1990: Best sound engineer for the album "Back On The Block", by Quincy Jones
1992: Best sound engineer (with T.Riley) for the album "Dangerous"
1996: Best Sound Engineer (with A.Shmitt, F.Buckley, T.Vicari) for the album "Q's Jook Joint", by Quincy Jones
In 1979 he took part in the recording of Michael "Off the Wall"'s first solo album.
Then in 1982 he is one of the artisans of the success of the album "Thriller" where he makes technical feats on the titles "Billie Jean" and "Thriller".
In 1987, he was also the sound engineer of the album "Bad" which became the second best-selling album of all time (after "Thriller").
In 1991, despite the absence of Quincy Jones, he remains with Michael Jackson for the recording of the album "Dangerous".
In 1995, for the recording of the album "HIStory", he moved to the studio "Hit Factory" of New York where he built the biggest mixer ever used.
