Jerry Boys
OriginEngland
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • Audio engineer
Years active1965-present
Websitejerryboys.com

Jerry Boys is a classically trained British record producer, and engineer, noted for his works with The Beatles, Omara Portuondo, Pink Floyd, Ibrahim Ferrer, The Kronos Quartet, Everything but the Girl, The Shadows, John Lee Hooker, Richard Thompson, The Rolling Stones, Ali Farka Touré, Steeleye Span, Shakira, R.E.M, Buena Vista Social Club, Sandy Denny, Olivia Chaney, Toumani Diabaté, Shirley Collins, Yehudi Menuhin, Orchestra Baobab, Manfred Mann, Level 42, and Ry Cooder.

He started his career in 1965 at Abbey Road Studios when he was 17 years old, and is a four-time Grammy Award winner, and three-time nominee. Boys also worked at Olympic Studios, Livingston Recording Studios, EGREM and Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, England.[1][2][3]

Grammy Awards and nominations

Year awarded Nominee/work Award Result
2000 Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Nominated
2003 Mambo Sinuendo Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album Won
2003 Buenos Hermanos Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Won
2004 Buenos Hermanos Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album Nominated
2004 Mambo Sinuendo Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Nominated
2005 In the Heart of the Moon Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Won
2010 Ali and Toumani Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album won

BAFTA Awards and nominations

Year awarded Nominee/work Award Result
2000 ?? BAFTA Award for Best Sound Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Jerry Boys: Buena Vista Social Club, R.E.M., Wilco". Tape Op. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Jerry Boys". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Jerry Boys & Livingston Studios". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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