Anyone with an interest in jazz has already got at least one of his records.

bigiain · on Aug 26, 2016

I just googled this up:

I don't consider myself to be a dedicated jazz fan, and I've got a dozen or two out of those ~800 recordings - mostly Miles, Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock.

From the dates, that's ~800 recordings between '52 and '65 - that's an average of one a week for 13 years. Prolific and hard-working as well as talented...

dharma1 · on Aug 26, 2016

Back then albums were usually recorded in a couple of days. "Kind of Blue" - just another day in the office :)

I love his recordings, will be missed. There was a good interview with RVG in Tape Op 10-ish years back: http://tapeop.com/interviews/43/rudy-van-gelder/

If you are interested in recording, I recommend subscribing to Tape Op. It's wonderful, and it's free.

beat · on Aug 26, 2016

Tape Op is a terrific resource for recording engineers, for sure.