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For those curious about his recordings, search "Rudy Van Gelder" on Spotify or similar - there are many remastered tracks tagged as his. Definitely worth a list

• honkhonkpants 10y ago
  Anyone with an interest in jazz has already got at least one of his records.
  • bigiain 10y ago
    I just googled this up: http://dgmono.com/rvg-discography/ http://dgmono.com/rvg-discography/ I don't consider myself to be a dedicated jazz fan, and I've got a dozen or two out of those ~800 recordings - mostly Miles, Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. From the dates, that's ~800 recordings between '52 and '65 - that's an average of one a week for 13 years. Prolific and hard-working as well as talented...
    • dharma1 10y ago
      Back then albums were usually recorded in a couple of days. "Kind of Blue" - just another day in the office :) I love his recordings, will be missed. There was a good interview with RVG in Tape Op 10-ish years back: http://tapeop.com/interviews/43/rudy-van-gelder/ http://tapeop.com/interviews/43/rudy-van-gelder/ If you are interested in recording, I recommend subscribing to Tape Op. It's wonderful, and it's free.
      • beat 10y ago
        Tape Op is a terrific resource for recording engineers, for sure.