{"product_id":"19aes-h03-rudy-van-gelder-a-legacy-in-audio-engineering","title":"19AES-H03: Rudy Van Gelder: A Legacy in Audio Engineering","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenters:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aes.org\/events\/147\/presenters\/?ID=9002\"\u003eRichard Capeless\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Deep Groove Mono - New York, NY, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aes.org\/events\/147\/presenters\/?ID=8904\"\u003eMichael Cuscuna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Mosaic Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aes.org\/events\/147\/presenters\/?ID=8905\"\u003eDon Sickler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Second Floor Music - New York, NY, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aes.org\/events\/147\/presenters\/?ID=9071\"\u003eMaureen Sickler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Second Floor Music - New York, NY, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRudy Van Gelder, or “RVG” as most jazz fans know him, was responsible for laying to tape hundreds of classic jazz recordings spanning a period of over five decades, which were released on a variety of labels including Blue Note, Prestige, Savoy, Impulse, Verve, and CTI. His rise from obscurity to engineering fame centered on a unique approach to his work, about which he was famously secretive. Beginning in a makeshift living room recording studio in his parents’ Hackensack, New Jersey, home, Van Gelder would eventually build a one-of-a-kind cathedral-like studio in nearby Englewood Cliffs that is still in use today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlways on the cutting edge of technology, Van Gelder used a plethora of state-of-the-art tools to create “the Van Gelder Sound,” a distinct and easily recognizable sonic fingerprint that helped define the sound of jazz on record during the classic analog era of the 1950s and 1960s. Van Gelder’s legacy is that of an individual who fully realized his dream to work in a creative capacity, and his story serves as inspiration for anyone striving to make their lifelong dreams a reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharing that story will be Michael Cuscuna, producer and founder of Mosaic Records, and Don Sickler, publisher and co-founder of Second Floor Music, who along with his wife Maureen, currently runs the Englewood Cliffs studio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audio Engineering Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49970095948091,"sku":"19AES-H03","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/3560\/9147\/files\/19AESPic_1b6f5828-f61c-4223-b98a-f6ba99767fbb.jpg?v=1737908055","url":"https:\/\/mobiltape.com\/products\/19aes-h03-rudy-van-gelder-a-legacy-in-audio-engineering","provider":"Mobiltape","version":"1.0","type":"link"}