Jesse Klapholz‘ analysis of Rudy Van Gelder’s place in recorded music history is excerpted and adapted from his upcoming textbook, The New Cyclopedia of Jazz Recording Techniques.
It offers what may be considered a controversial take on the legendary recordist, but one worth considering and debating. These are the Read more...
His name was Jazz – literally.
Rudy Van Gelder passed away on August 25 at his home in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, at age 91. It would be hard to name an audio engineer who was more closely associated with the genre they excelled in than Van Gelder. Over the many Read more...
When you think of jazz music, Louis Armstrong is probably one of the first names that come to mind, and not because he stands among the genre’s best musicians, but because he was a crowd pleaser, a real people person. His song ”What a Wonderful World” is still considered to Read more...
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.
Van Gelder is credited with engineering thousands of jazz recordings from his Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio. Although many Read more...
HARLEM, MANHATTAN: Who are the lighthouse keepers for New York City’s brilliant musical beacon? The giant of jazz known as Wynton Marsalis surely stands as one such sentry, an adventurist and nine-time GRAMMY winner radiating original sound experiences from our musical epicenter out to the world.
The master capped off Read more...
