Dave Jerden, a producer and engineer who worked with Jane’s Addiction, Alice in Chains and the Rolling Stones during his three-decade career, has died. The news was confirmed by his family in a social media post that said Jerden “passed away [Feb. 5] peacefully in his sleep.”
The studio vet got his start in the late ’70s at Los Angeles’ Eldorado Recording Studios as a mixer and engineer, a role and title he preferred to producer. His earliest days were marked by work with Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa.
As alternative music grew by the late ’80s, so did Jerden’s career, starting with his work with Jane’s Addiction on their first two albums. He stayed busy throughout the ’90s, producing and engineering albums by several punk, hard-rock and metal bands.
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February 2025
12: Jimi Mbaye, 67, Senegalese guitarist.
11: Félix Cumbé, 60, Dominican singer and songwriter, complications during heart surgery.
10: Ron Brandsteder, 74, Dutch comedian, singer, and television presenter; Jan Martin Jensen, 61, Norwegian music executive, co-founder of the Inferno Metal Festival, cancer; Maria Tipo, 93, Italian pianist; Horst Weidenmüller, 60, German music executive, founder of !K7 Music.
9: Edith Mathis, 86, Swiss operatic soprano (Deutsche Oper Berlin) and voice teacher.
8: Corey Crewe, 80, Canadian musician (Corey and Trina); Howard Riley, 81, English pianist and composer.
7: Naing Myanmar, 68, Burmese singer, heart attack; Naâman, 34, French reggae singer, brain tumor; Song Dae-kwan, 78, South Korean singer, heart attack.
6: Vital Farias [pt], 82, Brazilian singer and composer; Bobby Hamilton, American singer (The Choice Four).
5: Irv Gotti, 54, American record producer (“Foolish”, “Always on Time”) and executive (Murder Inc. Records), complications from multiple strokes; Dave Jerden, 75, American record producer (Ritual de lo Habitual, Americana) and recording engineer (Remain in Light), stroke; Hans-Peter Lehmann, 90, German opera director, Staatsoper Hannover (1980–2001); Mike Ratledge, 81, British musician (Soft Machine).
4: Ana María Iriarte, 98, Spanish mezzosoprano; Wily Mignon, 38, Beninese singer and composer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2025
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