Rudy Van Gelder

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person recording engineer

Rudy Van Gelder was a legendary American recording engineer renowned for shaping the sound of modern jazz through his work on countless classic albums for labels like Blue Note, Prestige, and Impulse!.

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recording engineer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Alfred Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Weinstock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creed Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-08-25 ⓘ
employer Blue Note Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Van Gelder NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork jazz recording ⓘ
fullName Rudolph Van Gelder NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreSpecialty jazz ⓘ
givenName Rudolph NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced modern jazz recording practices ⓘ
knownFor close collaboration with producer Alfred Lion ⓘ
distinctive recording techniques emphasizing clarity and presence ⓘ
notableFor engineering classic albums for Blue Note Records ⓘ
engineering classic albums for Impulse! Records ⓘ
engineering classic albums for Prestige Records ⓘ
shaping the sound of modern jazz recordings ⓘ
occupation audio engineer ⓘ
optometrist ⓘ
recording engineer ⓘ
operatedStudio Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jersey City, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedForLabel Blue Note Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savoy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verve Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedWithArtist Art Blakey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grant Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jimmy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatureSound warm, detailed, and intimate jazz recordings ⓘ
studioLocation Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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CTI All-Stars → associatedWith → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → engineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
JuJu → engineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
Maiden Voyage → engineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
Night Dreamer → engineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
Empyrean Isles → recordingEngineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
She Was Too Good to Me → recordingEngineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
Blue Note Records → soundEngineer → Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ