Rudy Van Gelder, RIP

[EasyAce]

A small boatload of classic jazz was supervised by him in the studio, first at his parents' living room then at his own studio . . . including but not limited to A Love Supreme, Moanin', Maiden Voyage, and Birth of the Cool . . .

N.J. jazz giant Rudy Van Gelder, who recorded John Coltrane, Miles Davis, dead at 91

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

Love his work. Those sessions make me see God.

 

[Cruznolfart]

Love his work. Those sessions make me see God.

I had to do acid.

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

I had to do acid.

C, I "dabbled."........then after the third eye was JAMMED open=endless joy.I'm "straight" and I still get the BENEFITS.

 

[EasyAce]

Two classics under Van Gelder's engineering hand . . .

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdY6iqV2k0]Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, "Moanin'"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOES7AZ-d60]Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, "Blues March"[/ame]

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyIJxDUw1g[/ame]

 

[WaywerdSon]

Love his work. Those sessions make me see God.

I had to do acid.

I listened to Black Sabbath at 78 speed

 

[Cruznolfart]

Love his work. Those sessions make me see God.

I had to do acid.

I listened to Black Sabbath at 78 speed

Excellent! We're all on the same page.

 

[EasyAce]

More under Van Gelder's shepherding . . .

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hw4BNIEUik]Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shol19PA9Wk]Grant Green, Green Street[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5IhopTDEo]Stanley Turrentine, Sugar[/ame]

 

[sonar1]

More under Van Gelder's shepherding . . .

Stanley Turrentine, Sugar

Why do I remember Sugar as a CTI record?

Maybe that was Salt Song.

Edit: actually, both were after his BlueNote period.

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKJzoU6kXG0[/ame]

 

[EasyAce]

Why do I remember Sugar as a CTI record?

Maybe that was Salt Song.

Edit: actually, both were after his BlueNote period.

Yes they were, but Rudy Van Gelder and his studio were employed by other labels during and after his primary Blue Note years, including Riverside, Prestige, Verve, Impulse, and CTI.

Here are two classic Impulse releases recorded at Van Gelder's studio with Van Gelder working the boards:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_R7pbBAjcA]Oliver Nelson, The Blues and the Abstract Truth[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3L-gL4XmjM]John Coltrane, A Love Supreme[/ame]

 

[sonar1]

Cool.