Van Gelder Studio In The News

Two things that have come to my attention about the legendary Van Gelder Studio are worth taking a few minutes for. The first is a New York Times Article about the current studio and the problems they are having keeping it going. The second is a new book about recording […]

Remembering Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder died August 25th, 2016. Rudy was as responsible for the CTI/KUDU sound, the sound of Creed Taylor’s “new jazz”, as anyone. Rudy didn’t play the instruments, he didn’t decide on the tracks, he didn’t do the arrangements, and the style of play, and overall sound wasn’t Rudy. […]