Scott Smith Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 A little OT for this board, but still deserves some recognition. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/arts/music/rudy-van-gelder-essential-recordings.html?_r=0 I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Van Gelder on a couple of occasions, and was most impressed by his non-nonsense approach to recording. A fine engineer, and fascinating personality. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Cool that you met him. Love his records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 An interesting man! Originally a chiropodist and built his first studio in his parents house! His engineered sound quite neutral. Many of his "recordings" were simply engineered by his staff But hey A for attainment and B for effort mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Smith Posted September 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 On September 5, 2016 at 0:50 AM, mikewest said: An interesting man! Originally a chiropodist and built his first studio in his parents house! His engineered sound quite neutral. Many of his "recordings" were simply engineered by his staff But hey A for attainment and B for effort mike Well, having not been there, I can't speak to anyone else doing his recordings. The only assistant he ever had to my knowledge was Maureen Sickler, who worked with him since about 1987. Never heard of anyone else, except ace tech Rein Narma (of Gotham Audio), who did tech work for him in the 1950's. RVN was a rather controversial figure though (due in some part to his secrecy regarding his techniques). Some lauded his work, others thought it was nothing too special (personally, I thought the Blue Note and Impulse recordings were better than some of his work for Verve, but what the hell do I know...). Steve Hoffman, who re-mastered many of his Blue Note and Impulse sides is really the only one I know who is in a position to comment on the masters. (FYI, he was an optometrist for about 13 years, not a chiropodist). -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydgolden Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I discovered RVG in college when I kept seeing his name on my favorite recordings. IMO he is a hero. Scott (or anyone else), I'd love to hear about about your experiences/impressions meeting him. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollandaudio Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Love me some Coltrane. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolo72 Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 He engineered many of my favourite LP's - RIP (Side note - I didn't realize Rein Narma worked at Gotham ) Lisala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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