Studio engineer, producer and owner of [l406249] who learned from watching the work of Tom Dowd. Well-known for his work with hip-hop producer Timbaland in the recent years, but the work of Senator Jimmy D stretches back to the 1970s, when he worked with Otis Redding, Bette Midler, Hall & Oates, The Rolling Stones and more.

Why is the engineer is listed as Senator Jimmy D and the Mixer as Jimmy Douglass on some recordings? When you’re mixing, you’re often off in the room by yourself but when you’re recording you have be a diplomat – It’s political! So when I’m engineering, I call myself Senator Jimmy D. -from a 2003 interview with Marsha Vdovin