Five-time Grammy winner Bruce Swedien's career in music recording began with the music of the post-swing era and continues through today's multimedia digital technology. First publicly recognized in 1962 with a Grammy nomination for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' Big Girls Don't Cry, Bruce went on to record and mix Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album in the history of recorded
music (36 million copies today). Bruce has been nominated for a total of 13 Grammy Awards. He has also been awarded 10 Grammy certificates, two ASCAP composer Awards and has been nominated for five TEC Awards. Bruce Swedien offers week-long masterclass-level workshops for engineers & producers from around the world at his private WestViking Studios facility. Bruce has worked with the following artists (partial list): Patti Austin, Count Basie, Oscar Brown Jr., Jerry Butler, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Gene Chandler, Duke Ellington, Roberta Flack, Herb Alpert, Dizzy Gillespie, The Chi-Lites, Lionel Hampton, Jennifer Holliday, Mick Jagger, B. King, George Benson, John Lee Ho**er, Herbie Hancock, Woody Herman, Missing Persons, Lena Horne, Paul McCartney, Tommy Dorsey, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, King Curtis, Donny Hathaway, Betty Everett, Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, The Four Seasons, Eydie Gorme, Leslie Gore, James Ingram, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Curtis Mayfield, Sergio Mendes, Buddy Miles, Bob Newhart, Andre Previn, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Jimmy Reed, Diana Ross, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Nipsey Russell, Dinah Shore, The Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Frankie Valli, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, Jackie Wilson, Jennifer Lopez and many more...