Van Gelder Studio

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Van Gelder Studio is a legendary New Jersey recording studio renowned for its pivotal role in shaping the sound of modern jazz through classic sessions for labels like Blue Note and Prestige.

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instanceOf recording studio ⓘ
activePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
architect David Henken ⓘ
architectureStyle mid-century modern ⓘ
associatedWith Blue Note Records ⓘ
CTI Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
engineeredBy Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
foundedBy Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
genreSpecialty jazz ⓘ
hasControlRoom custom-designed control room by Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
hasLiveRoom high-ceilinged live room with wood surfaces ⓘ
locatedIn Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
namedAfter Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
notableFor classic Blue Note Records sessions ⓘ
classic Prestige Records sessions ⓘ
distinctive acoustic sound ⓘ
pivotal role in modern jazz recording ⓘ
notableRecording Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – “Moanin’” ⓘ
Eric Dolphy – “Out to Lunch!” ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard – “Red Clay” ⓘ
linked to: Freddie Hubbard

Grant Green – “Idle Moments” ⓘ
linked to: Grant Green

Herbie Hancock – “Maiden Voyage” ⓘ
Horace Silver – “Song for My Father” ⓘ
Jimmy Smith – numerous Blue Note organ sessions ⓘ
John Coltrane – “A Love Supreme” ⓘ
linked to: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane – “Giant Steps” ⓘ
linked to: Giant Steps

Lee Morgan – “The Sidewinder” ⓘ
McCoy Tyner – “The Real McCoy” ⓘ
linked to: McCoy Tyner

Oliver Nelson – “The Blues and the Abstract Truth” ⓘ
Sonny Rollins – “Saxophone Colossus” ⓘ
linked to: Saxophone Colossus

Wayne Shorter – “Speak No Evil” ⓘ
“Kind of Blue” sessions (mixing/mastering involvement via Van Gelder, not primary tracking) ⓘ
opened 1959 ⓘ
ownedBy Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
predecessor Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack home studio ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
previousLocation Hackensack, New Jersey ⓘ
soundCharacterizedBy intimate yet clear drum and cymbal sound ⓘ
prominent, warm piano tone ⓘ
tight, focused horn sound ⓘ

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Maiden Voyage → recordedIn → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Empyrean Isles → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Blue Note Records → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Song for My Father (album) → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
subject linked to: Song for My Father
Blowin' the Blues Away → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Six Pieces of Silver → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Speak No Evil → recordedIn → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
JuJu → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Night Dreamer → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Cantaloupe Island → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
She Was Too Good to Me → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Van Gelder Studio → predecessor → Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack home studio ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Little One → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Survival of the Fittest → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Dolphin Dance → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Rudy Van Gelder → operatedStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
One Finger Snap → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane → recordingLocation → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet → recordedAt → Rudy Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Blue Train → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
The Sidewinder → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Out to Lunch! → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Saxophone Colossus → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Tenor Madness → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
East Broadway Run Down → recordedAt → Rudy Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Newk’s Time → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Plus 4 → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Somethin' Else → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
A Love Supreme → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
The Amazing Bud Powell → recordedAt → Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Takin' Off → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Takin' Off → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Life Time → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Spring → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Spanish Blue → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Spanish Blue"
Africa/Brass → recordedIn → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Live at Birdland → recordingLocation → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Meditations → recordingLocation → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Out of the Cool → recordingLocation → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Hub-Tones → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Ready for Freddie → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Red Clay → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Straight Life → recordedAt → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
First Light → recordedIn → Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
Out to Lunch! (with Eric Dolphy) → recordingStudio → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
Smokin’ at the Half Note → recordingLocation → Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio