Jerry Boys
# Jerry Boys

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.

## 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 |
