Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder
Van Gelder in 1976
Background information
Born	(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

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]