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Rudy Van Gelder

1924 - 2016

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Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green and George Benson. He worked with many different record companies, and recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967. He worked on albums including John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Miles Davis's Walkin', Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage, Sonny Rollins's Saxophone Colossus, and Horace Silver's Song for My Father. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudy Van Gelder is the 280th most popular engineer (down from 277th in 2019), the 6,973rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,477th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 280 out of 389. Before him are Jean-Augustin Barral, Erwin Komenda, Hendrik Wade Bode, Arkhip Lyulka, Émile Lemoine, and Mikhail Tikhonravov. After him are Boris Chertok, Oskar von Miller, Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, Friedrich L. Bauer, and Charles Joseph Minard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 335. Before him are Karel Kachyňa, Robert Bolt, Bobo Brazil, Freddie Bartholomew, John Love, and Abdulah Gegić. After him are Billy Barty, César Lattes, Audouin Dollfus, Leonard Rosenman, Joseph Nérette, and Omero Tognon. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 328. Before him are Néstor Gonçalves, Franco Faggi, Adrienne Corri, Anatoli Ilyin, Lasse Mårtenson, and Carlo Monti. After him are Heinrich Schiff, William Trevor, Oliver Shanti, Benoîte Groult, Solomon W. Golomb, and Billy Paul.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 6,975 out of 20,380. Before him are Clarence Pinkston (1900), Neil Flynn (1960), Mary-Claire King (1946), Wendy O. Williams (1949), Steve Stevens (1959), and Tyler Perry (1969). After him are William Lane Craig (1949), Billy Burke (1966), Harry Shearer (1943), Marc Ribot (1954), Joanna Russ (1937), and Ruth Buzzi (1936).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 27. Before him are Ed Heinemann (1908), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Aron Ralston (1975), Butler Lampson (1943), Frances Spence (1922), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905). After him are Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Frederick Terman (1900), Alan Shugart (1930), Kenneth Nichols (1907), and Robert H. Dennard (1932).

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