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Rudy Van Gelder

real name Rudolph Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder is credited on 33,272 releases across 3,902 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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33,272

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3,902

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Decades active

2,217

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American recording and mastering engineer who specialized in jazz.
Born November 2, 1924, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died August 25, 2016, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA)
Beginning as a hobbyist, he started to record local musicians in the late 1940s in his parents' living room (which became known as the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey) and began a professional association with Alfred Lion of Blue Note from late 1952 leading to commissions from other independent labels including and Savoy Records. In 1959, he opened his new larger studio, the. His client list expanded to include Impulse!, Verve Records, and CTI Records having developed a close partnership with producer Creed Taylor. In the more than fifty-years Van Gelder was active, it is estimated that he recorded, mixed and mastered over 2,000 albums,
He can be identified as the lacquer cutting engineer of LPs by the stamp "RVG" or "RVG STEREO" or "VAN GELDER" in the runout section.

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