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Anyone with an interest in jazz has already got at least one of his records.
by honkhonkpants 10y ago
Anyone with an interest in jazz has already got at least one of his records.
- bigiain 10y agoI 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 agoBack 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 agoTape Op is a terrific resource for recording engineers, for sure.