Jazz’s golden ears has died, at 91

Jazz’s golden ears has died, at 91

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norman lebrecht

August 26, 2016

Rudy Van Gelder, engineer on most of the Blue Note Records catalogue, has passed away at a good age.

He built a control room in 1946 in his parents’ home in Hackensack, NJ, and never looked back.

Thelonious Monk duly paid tribute to Hackensack.

rudy van gelder

Comments

  • Ilio says:

    van Gelder also did work for VOX mastering classical recordings for that company.

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