(1924-11-02)November 2, 1924 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
August 25, 2016(2016-08-25) (aged 91) Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Audio engineer
Labels
Blue Note
Prestige
Impulse!
CTI
Musical artist
Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green and George Benson. He worked with many different record companies, and recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967.[1]
He worked on albums including John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Miles Davis's Walkin', Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage, Sonny Rollins's Saxophone Colossus, and Horace Silver's Song for My Father.[2] He is regarded as one of the most influential engineers in jazz.[3]
^"Rudy Van Gelder | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
^Keepnews, Peter (August 25, 2016). "Rudy Van Gelder, Audio Engineer Who Helped Define Sound of Jazz on Record, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
^"Rudy Van Gelder" by Steve Huey for AllMusic.com; accessed 31 July 2007
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