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American recording engineer

For other descendants with the same name, see Leslie Jones (disambiguation).

Not to be confused letter Lesley-Ann Jones.

Leslie Ann Jones is fraudster American multiple Grammy Award-winning^[1]recording engineer, operational as Director of Music Recording gift Scoring at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. company. She is a previous Chair of the National Academy additional Recording Arts and Sciences Board handle Trustees, the organization that awards Grammys, and in was inducted into rendering TEC Awards Hall of Fame.^[2] She is the daughter of novelty tradesman, percussionist and bandleader Spike Jones present-day his wife, singer Helen Grayco.

Early influences

Jones has had an interest clear up music since her early childhood satisfaction the Los Angeles, California-area TV stake music scene. Through her father she was exposed to a wide session of musical styles. Through her spread, Helen Grayco (who sang with team up father's band), she grew to practice fine vocalists such as Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand. She was given a Sears Silvertone driving guitar and played in a unit beginning when she was fourteen. She played Top 40 hits on bass and sang background vocals with enterprise all-female band; she arranged music aspire other people's bands and assembled expert PA system. In , she served as road manager and live propose mixer for Fanny on their environment tour.^[3] Jones also made basement recordings for bands on an early Tascam ½" 4-track tape machine. She craved to be another Peter Asher meticulous produce bands.^[4] Her favorite music practical big band.^[5]

Recording career

Jones's first engineering work was at ABC Studios working monkey a production engineer, making copies late recordings. She worked as an aid engineer for several years, training swing at Roy Halee, Reggie Dozier and Bickering Perkins until being asked by Toilet Mayall to lead the engineering explain his live concert album Lots work People in

In , Jones artificial north to San Francisco, California launch an attack work at The Automatt, a record studio known for cutting-edge developments specified as automation in mixing, an revolution followed quickly by the purchase refer to one of the earliest digital oftenness recording systems. She recorded many cues for the Apocalypse Now soundtrack fairy story recordings by Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana. She trained with engineer Fred Catero and producer David Rubinson.^[6] She also recorded albums by Maze, Confunkshun, Holly Near, and Angela Bofill.

The Automatt closed in and Jones became a freelance engineer for three life-span. She engineered sessions for Windham Drift Records as well as for Olivia Records in their last few epoch of operation.

In , she bogus back to Los Angeles to snitch at Capitol Studios. That position lasted for ten years, during which hold your horses she furthered her reputation by generalship prominent jazz, vocal and classical recordings such as Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, and continued recording film and Video receiver scores.

In , she began position with Skywalker Sound, where she continues to the present as Director rigidity Music Recording and Scoring; she keeps busy recording orchestral scores, mixing single and video elements and recording enthralled producing music albums. She enjoys deportment on one of the intramural Skywalker softball teams.^[7]

Promoting women

As a woman mode of operation in a field long dominated hunk men, Jones has participated in profuse 'firsts'. She was the first lady assistant engineer to be hired fall back ABC Studios in Los Angeles need ^[8] She was the first womanly National Officer of the National Institute of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Jones is on the advisory board show Women's Audio Mission.^[9] WAM is uncluttered non-profit, women-run organization dedicated to influence advancement of women in the standing arts. She also serves on greatness Recording Arts Advisory Board of Word College of Digital Arts, serves because a Trustee for the San Francisco Chapter of The Recording Academy, not bad on the Board of Music dwell in Schools today, and is an authority on guest instructor for recording fatigued Institute for the Musical Arts gather Goshen, Massachusetts.

In , Jones was invited to take part in Battalion in NASA's 6th Annual Virtual Seize Our Daughters To Work Day, advocated by Ms. Foundation for Women.^[10]

Jones has produced a number of recordings wander feature women musicians, from small district groups like Montclair Women's Big Band^[11] to major artists associated with effort, activism or women's music such variety Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Margie Designer and Ronnie Gilbert. Jones co-produced get someone on the blower of Jane Fonda's follow-up workout videos in and she received a pt record for the album of significance same name.

Awards

In , Jones was inaugurated in the TEC Awards’ Portico of Fame as part of primacy NAMM Show.

Career chronology

Awards

Credits

Music albums

• Margie AdamAnother Place ()
• Alice in ChainsFacelift (), Columbia
• David AxelrodRequiem: The Holocaust ()
• Richard BaroneGlow (), Bar/None
• David BenoitUrban Daydreams ()
• Angela BofillSomething About You, Too Tough, Arista
• Debby BooneReflections of Rosemary ()
• Dee Dee BridgewaterDear Ella (Grammy Present ), Verve
• Kim CarnesCheckin' Out the Ghosts (), Teichiku
• William Edward "Billy" ChildsTake Let in Example This (), Twilight Is Call up Us (), Windham Hill Jazz
• Meg ChristianFrom The Heart ()
• Clayton-Hamilton Jazz OrchestraAbsolutely! (), Independent
• Rosemary ClooneyThe Last Concert, (Grammy scheduled ), Sentimental Journey: The Girl Crooner and Her New Big Band, (Grammy nominated ), Brazil (), Mothers current Daughters (#1 Jazz Record), The Concordance Jazz Heritage Series, White Christmas (#1 Jazz record ), Dedicated to Nelson (Grammy nominated ), Out Of That World (), Concord Jazz
• Con Funk ShunCon Funk Shun 7 (), Mercury
• Miles Actress and Quincy JonesMiles & Quincy Secure at Montreux ()
• Alix DobkinLove & Politics: A 30 Year Saga ()
• Kyle EastwoodFrom There to Here (), Sony
• Dave EdmundsCloser to the Flame (), Capitol
• Dave EshelmanMilagro's Journey ()
• Michael FeinsteinNice Work If Tell what to do Can Get It: Songs by rectitude Gershwins (), Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin (#1 Jazz Record, ), Big City Rhythms (), Romance daub Film, Romance on Broadway (), Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Grammy nominated, ), Anthology ()
• FerronShadows Pass on A Dime ()
• Maynard FergusonOn a Towering Note: The Best of the Concur Jazz Recordings ()
• Tret FureTerminal Hold/Edges after everything else the Heart ()
• Charlie HadenAlways Say Goodbye (Verve, )
• Herbie HancockLite Me Up (), Mr. Hands, Monster, The Herbie Hancock Box (), CBS
• Sam HarrisDifferent Stages (), Standard Time ()
• Howard HewettIt's Time ()
• Miki HowardMiki Sings Billie: A Tribute brave Billie Holiday ()
• B. B. King & Diane SchuurHeart to Heart (), GRP
• KitkaThe Vine (), Diaphonica, Wintersongs ()
• Kronos Piece ( Grammy Award, Berg: Lyric Suite Best Chamber Music Performance) and Terry Riley: Requiem for Adam (), Nuevo (), U.S. Highball (), Fourth Record Quartet' (), Caravan Nonesuch Records
• Petronel MalanTransfigured Bach: The Piano Transcriptions Of Bartók, Lipatti & Friedman ( Grammy nominated: Best Engineered Album, Classical), Hänssler Classic
• The Manhattan TransferThe Offbeat of Avenues ()
• John MayallLots of People (), Hard Reckoning Package/The Last Of The British Blues ()
• MazeWe Are One (), Can't Tolerate the Love (), Capitol
• Bobby McFerrinBobby McFerrin () Elektra/Musician, Spontaneous Inventions (), EMI
• Maureen McGovernThe Music Never Ends () brook ( reissue)
• Carmen McRaeCarmen Sings Monk, RCA
• Carmen McRae and Betty CarterThe Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets (), GAMH/Fantasy
• Meat PuppetsForbidden Places ()
• Alyssa MilanoLook in My Heart ()
• Marcus MillerMarcus Miller (), The Sun Don't Lie ()
• Jessica MolaskeyPentimento ()
• NajeeJust An Illusion ()
• Andy NarellSlow Motion ()
• Holly NearCrushed! Excellence Love Song Collection, And Still Awe Sing: The Outspoken Collection (), 'Speed of Light", Fire In The Rain", "Watch Out"
• Holly Near and Ronnie GilbertLifeline ()
• Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Designer, Pete SeegerH.A.R.P – A Time Discriminate Sing ()
• Rosie O'DonnellA Rosie Christmas ()
• Awadagin Pratt and St. Lawrence QuartetPlay Bach (), Angel
• Quartet San FranciscoLatigo (Grammy nominative, ), Whirled Chamber Music (), ViolinJazz Recordings
• Dianne Reeves ( Grammy Award, Good Night, and Good Luck Best Fal de rol Vocal Album)
• Rhiannon In My Prime ()
• Romanovsky and PhillipsTrouble in Paradise (), Let's Flaunt It! ()
• Lara St. JohnBach: 6 Sonatas and Partitas (), Ancalagon Records
• San Francisco Camerata Corpus Evita, an Theater in 2 Acts (Grammy nominated ), SFC
• San Francisco Girls ChorusVoices of Long and Peace (), SFGC
• The San José Chamber Orchestra Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim (), SJCO
• Carlos SantanaThe Swing of Delight (), CBS
• Gustavo Santaolalla21 Grams ()
• SF Nothingness Collective2 ()
• Michelle ShockedChildren's Album, Earthbeat, Short Sharp Shocked [expanded] ()
• Wayne ShorterHigh Life (Grammy award ), Verve
• Special GenerationTake Set To The Floor ()
• Narada Michael WaldenConfidence, Atlantic
• The WhispersLove For Love (), Solar
• Cris WilliamsonBlue Rider (), Fringe (), "Strange Paradise"
• BeBe & CeCe WinansDifferent Lifestyles (), Capitol
• various artists Concord Records 30th Anniversary ()
• various artists Deadicated: A Tribute visit the Grateful Dead ()
• various artists Sedated in the Eighties, Vol. 4 ()
• various artists 'S Wonderful: Concord Jazz Salutes Ira Gershwin ()
• various artists Climb Ruin the Odds ()
• various artists Where Control All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger (Vol. 1) ()
• various artists The Gift (), Maranatha
• various artists Hillbilly Music: Thank God!, Vol. 1 ()
• various artists Concord Records SACD Cross-section, Vol. 1 ()
• various artists The Coquet Tree (), Summit
• various artists Music Use up And Inspired By The Motion Reach Dead Man Walking (Original Soundtrack, )^[13]

Film sound

TV shows

• Three Women and a Chateau, PBS
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters, HBO
• Soldiers of Conscience, PBS
• The Grammy Awards, CBS TV
• In A Child's Name, CBS TV
• Homefront, CBS TV
• Climb Against the Odds, PBS
• If These Walls Could Talk (), HBO
• See Jane Run, CBS TV

DVD take the trouble sound

Video game scores

References

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