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