Jeff Ellis (born 16 July 1984) is an American

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and

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. His most notable work was featured on both of

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's critically acclaimed albums: ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Career

In 2009, after changing careers from finance to music, Ellis garnered an internship at EastWest Studios, formerly United/Western Recorders, where artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys once recorded. When his internship ended, Ellis was asked to join the staff as an assistant musical engineer. In 2012, Ellis became the engineer for recording artist Frank Ocean when he arrived at EastWest Studios to record a track for his debut album, ''Channel Orange''. Ellis developed a working relationship with Ocean and was offered the opportunity to freelance full-time on the remainder of the project. ''Channel Orange'' was a critical success, earning Ellis a 2013 Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album, as well as a nomination for Album of the Year. The album also includes the Record Of The Year-nominated track " Thinkin Bout You" a song that Ellis mixed. Ellis continued to work with

from 2012 to 2016 on his follow up album ''

''. Ellis has also worked with such notable artists such as

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and

Kate Nash Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English musician and actress from North Harrow. Her singles "Foundations (song), Foundations" (2007) and "Do-Wah-Doo" (2010) charted at numbers 2 and 15 on the UK singles chart and her albums ''Made of Bri ...

, whose album Made of Bricks hit #1 on the UK album chart in 2007.

Awards and nominations

Notable credits

References

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