Jacquire King (born January 11, 1967) is an American
record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
,
recording engineer and
mixer. King has worked with such notable artists as
Zach Bryan,
Kings of Leon
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,
Tom Waits
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,
James Bay
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,
Kaleo,
Modest Mouse,
Shania Twain
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,
Buddy Guy
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Norah Jones
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Of Monsters and Men
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,
Cold War Kids,
Punch Brothers,
City and Colour
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,
Robert Ellis,
Dawes and others. His work has received more than 40
Grammy Award
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nominations to date.
Career
King had his initial training in recording engineering at
Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. His first studio employment was in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1988, he moved to California and got a job at
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco. King later interned for Dan Alexander at Coast Recorders, which led to him helping two friends open Toast Studios, where he began working as an assistant.
After hearing that
Tom Waits
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was looking for a new engineer, King auditioned and was chosen to engineer Waits' critically-acclaimed 1999 album ''
Mule Variations'' at
Prairie Sun Recording Studios.
King utilizes traditional analog techniques and equipment such as tracking to 2" analog tape, combined with modern technologies like computer-based recording via
Pro Tools and software plug-ins that emulate classic outboard
Universal Audio and
Neve signal processing gear.
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In 2007 Jacquire disassembled and modified his 40-channel Quad-Eight Coronado console, converting it into two identical 16-channel/32-input consoles, and in 2013, he established residency at Blackbird Studio G in Nashville, Tennessee, which served as his primary studio for the next 6 years.][
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Awards
*2010 - Grammy Award
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- Record of the Year
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for Kings Of Leon's ' Use Somebody' awarded to Kings Of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill), artist. Jacquire King, engineer/mixer. Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers.
*2003 - Grammy Award
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- Best Traditional Blues Album for Buddy Guy's 'Blues Singer'
*1999 - Grammy Award
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- Best Contemporary Folk Album for Tom Waits's 'Mule Variations'
Discography
Selected listing:
References
External links
Official website
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1967 births
Living people
Record producers from Washington, D.C.
Songwriters from Washington, D.C.
American male songwriters
American audio engineers
Grammy Award winners