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No. 43  |  Sep 2004
Sept. 15, 2004

Jazz Recordists

Rudy Van Gelder: Recording Coltrane, Miles, Monk, etc.

by Sasha Zand

" ... band. Wonderful. It was terrible, really. [laughing] I learned quick enough to record rather than to play music. [ image rudy2 type=right ] You were in the big band in the high school? No, no, the marching band. I ended up ... the later sessions were like ten-piece, and that was pushing it a little bit for Hackensack. I had gotten Gil Evans there, which I just wish I could have been able to do here. That was the pressure. And of course ... "

No. 76  |  Mar 2010
March 15, 2010

Interviews

Alan Evans: Playonbrother Studios and Soulive

by Larry Crane

" ... there were a couple pictures of them walking to the studio from the parking lot and it said, "Walking into Rudy Van Gelder's studio." That was the first time that it really hit me — "Oh, there's somebody who records this music. Who ... "

No. 30  |  Jul 2002
July 15, 2002

Interviews

2 in 1 studio: House of Faith/Guerilla Recording

by Ian Swanke

" ... gear depending on the type of music? MB: I've actually done research on blues recording at Chess in Chicago, and Rudy Van Gelder, his style of recording jazz for Blue Note and Riverside — things like that. I think it's a good place ... "

No. 54  |  Jul 2006
July 15, 2006

Interviews

Melvin Gibbs

by John Dylan Keith

" ... that really sound great. You go to Sun, you go to where they tracked the Motown records, you go to Rudy Van Gelder's — you get this perplexed look about... 'Oh, it's just a ROOM!'" Gibbs uses Dunleavy speakers since the biggest year ... "

No. 99  |  Jan 2014
Jan. 15, 2014

Jazz Recordists

Wayne Peet: Engineering Jazz

by Jonathan Saxon

" ... this is how people did [recordings], until multitracking and mixing later came in, of course. Is that how guys like Rudy Van Gelder [Tape Op #43] were tracking? Oh, definitely! I mean you can hear it on the records. Listen to the difference ... "

No. 99  |  Jan 2014
Jan. 13, 2014

Interviews

Wayne Peet (bonus): Engineering Jazz

by Jonathan Saxon

" ... place and then put the mic there rather than guessing. Kenny Burrell told me one of things he liked about Rudy Van Gelder [Tape Op #43] was that he would really listen to the sound when he was setting up a session. You ... "

No. 100  |  Mar 2014
March 15, 2014

Interviews

100 Issues! 100 Quotes!

by Larry Crane

" ... today when I meet someone who played there, they say they have good memories of it." read full interview → - Van of modern day technology, one of the things that has not improved seemingly is exactly that — the communication system." read ... "

No. 129  |  Jan 2019
Jan. 17, 2019

Interviews

Chris Schlarb: BIG EGO and Beyond

by Steve Krolikowski

" ... your approach as similar to the jazz and pop recordists of the ’50s and ’60s. That makes me think of Rudy Van Gelder [Tape Op #43]. A warm but still hi-fi sound. It’s interesting that you say hi-fi, because I never think of ... "

No. 133  |  Sep 2019
Sept. 19, 2019

Interviews

Darryl Moore: "Mics are Cameras to Me"

by Jonathan Saxon

" ... place. On older jazz records, everybody [mainly] used two mics. A lot of times even one. I always wondered how Rudy Van Gelder [Tape Op #43] recorded. How I mic up my bass drum usually, because I don't like to use the hole ... "

No. 138  |  Jul 2020
July 23, 2020

Interviews

D. James Goodwin: Into the Hardship

by Elijah Torn

" ... my music, for sure. Also [Andrei] Tarkovsky; the pacing, the thoughtfulness, and the rumination of it appeals to me. Producer-wise, Rudy Van Gelder [Tape Op #43] had a big influence on me, and definitely Alan Parsons [#42]. And Phill Brown [#12, Are We ... "

 
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