Rudy Van Gelder
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| - | {{Template}}'''Rudy Van Gelder''' (born [[November 2]], [[1924]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]) is a [[audio engineering|recording engineer]] specialising in [[jazz]]. | + | {{Template}} |
| - | Commonly regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in jazz, recording several hundred jazz sessions, including many widely recognized as classics. Bringing an unprecedented clarity to jazz recording, Van Gelder has recorded many of the great names in jazz, including trumpeter [[Miles Davis]], pianist [[Thelonious Monk]], saxophonists [[Wayne Shorter]] and [[John Coltrane]], and many others. He worked with many record companies, but is most closely associated with [[Blue Note Records]]. | + | '''Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder''' (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American [[audio engineer|recording engineer]] who specialized in [[jazz]]. |
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| + | Regarded as the most important recording engineer of jazz by some observers, Van Gelder recorded several thousand jazz sessions, including many recognized as classics, in a career which spanned more than half a century. Van Gelder recorded many of the great names in the genre, including [[John Coltrane]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Art Blakey]], [[Joe Henderson]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Wayne Shorter]], and [[Horace Silver]], among many others. He worked with many record companies, but he was most closely associated with [[Blue Note Records]]. | ||
| - | Van Gelder's recording techniques are often admired for the warmth and presence he brings to the end result. However, this view is not universally shared, and, in particular, critics have expressed a distaste for a thin and recessed sound in the [[piano]]; critic Richard Cook<ref>Cook, Richard, ''Blue Note Records: The Biography'' Boston: Justin Charles, 2003; ISBN 1932112103</ref> notes that the manner Van Gelder recorded piano was often as distinctive as the pianists' playing. | ||
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Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz.
Regarded as the most important recording engineer of jazz by some observers, Van Gelder recorded several thousand jazz sessions, including many recognized as classics, in a career which spanned more than half a century. Van Gelder recorded many of the great names in the genre, including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Horace Silver, among many others. He worked with many record companies, but he was most closely associated with Blue Note Records.
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