Legendary NJ Engineer Rudy Van Gelder Receives GRAMMY Trustee Award

February 14th, 2012 by

If you blinked during Sunday’s GRAMMY telecast, you might have missed the fact that the iconic jazz recordist Rudy Van Gelder was honored by the Recording Academy with a 2012 Trustees Award.

The Recording Academy really got it right with its recognition of Rudy Van Gelder.

Van Gelder is credited with engineering thousands of jazz recordings from his Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio. Although many labels have been blessed by his talents, the Blue Note Label is synonymous with his career, as are records from the best of jazz’ best: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, and many many more.

The Recording Academy’s annual Trustees Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the industry in a nonperforming capacity. Van Gelder was honored with a 2012 Trustees Award along with Dave Bartholomew and Steve Jobs.

Read Jeff Lorber’s apt ode to a New Jersey recording giant here.

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