Rudy Van Gelder
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Oct 10, 2026
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Herbie Hancock piano, Dexter Gordon on tenor sax, Freddie Hubbard on flugelhorn, Butch Warren bass, Billy Higgins on drums.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Recorded May 28, 1962 at where else? At the studios of Rudy Van Gelder in Inglewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
And before that, you heard music by Mr. Joy DeFrancesco.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
This is music from a CD called Joy DeFrancesco, Play Sinatra His Way.
Wesley StaceGUEST
And he also knew what he couldn't do, which is why all the records sound amazing.
Wesley StaceGUEST
Rudy Van Gelder produced so many of those CDI records.
Wesley StaceGUEST
They're incredible sounding records.
Wesley StaceGUEST
And to me, what really liberated me listening to it was you suddenly realize oh my god this is Ron Carter you know and it's this and then the next record is Ron Carter's record with kind of the same people and the same arrangers behind him might be Don Sebesky originally and then Bob James a little later and a few other people as it went on but always incredible arrangements and you know It's just an incredible circle of people.
James Paul NadienGUEST
And, um, he, he's great to play with too.
James Paul NadienGUEST
And we were, we recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios.
James Paul NadienGUEST
That was-
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
That's, uh-
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
Dude.
James Paul NadienGUEST
Yeah.
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
[laughs] Like, before you're even 26, you're like, "Yeah, I recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's." Like, that's badass.
James Paul NadienGUEST
Yeah, I know.
Ray The JazzmanHOST
Right.
Herman Hollywood DawkinsHOST
We're gonna jump off with a Ray the Jazz Man selection from the album Grant's First Stand, the Ru- Rudy Van Gelder edition.
Herman Hollywood DawkinsHOST
This song is called Miss Ann's Tempo.
Ray The JazzmanHOST
Okay, let's kick it off.
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Herman Hollywood DawkinsHOST
The sound, that Blue Note sound.
Ray The JazzmanHOST
Yep.
Herman Hollywood DawkinsHOST
Rudy Van Gelder.
Ray The JazzmanHOST
All the way.
ChrisHOST
We got the original liner notes by Leonard Feather.
ChrisHOST
cover photo by Jean-Pierre Lenoir, and cover design by Reed Miles, and then Rudy Van Gelder in the Rudy Van Gelder studio for the second half of the recording.
ChrisHOST
So let's go ahead and get into it.
ChrisHOST
Once again, incredible Jimmy Smith, softly as a summer breeze.
Alan AlwaysGUEST
That, that, that-
Jose Moreno RahnPANELIST
Is that, is that a Rudy Van Gelder move?
Alan AlwaysGUEST
I don't know.
Alan AlwaysGUEST
Let's ask the Patreon.
Alan AlwaysGUEST
We, we do, we do, we do sh- a song and dance on the Patreon.
Jose Moreno RahnPANELIST
Is that a Rudy Van Gelder move?
Alan AlwaysGUEST
I mean, Arnold, it can always be worse.
Alan AlwaysGUEST
It can always be worse.
T.S. MonkGUEST
to actually do something with it.
T.S. MonkGUEST
And for this particular recording, I was able to, I had a good relationship with Rudy Van Gelder.
Steve BraunginnHOST
Oh, that's great.
T.S. MonkGUEST
And so Rudy Van Gelder restored these recordings.
T.S. MonkGUEST
And he
Steve BraunginnHOST
did a great job, too.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
That's music from a Prestige album called Jug, and the name of the song is called "Let It Be You." Gene Ammons on tenor sax, Richard Wayans on piano, Dud Watkins bass, and JC Heard on the skins on drums.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
This cut was recorded in 1961 in January at the legendary studios of Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Now, Gene Ammons was the son of boogie woogie pianist Albert Ammons, and he was a sideman for Woody Herman And before that, you heard music from the first family of jazz, the Marsalis family.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
You heard music by Ellis and Branford, music from a 1996 CD called Loved Ones, and the name of the cut is entitled Laura.
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Kevin LawrenceHOST
Peter Phillips, bass trombone.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Jerry Dodgion on alto flute.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Recorded May 6th, 1968 at where else? The studios of Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Right now, the lovely Diana Krall is going to take us close to the hour of 11 o'clock.
Skip HellerGUEST
So as I got older.
Skip HellerGUEST
better at capturing a good performance usually on analog tape to tell you the truth because the studios that I could afford to use were still using like 16 track one inch and then you know things moved to ADAT D88 and all this stuff until finally Pro Tools and I was just like recording the way you know Burt Bacharach did or the way Rudy Van Gelder recorded jazz records it you know it it It made an impression on me.
Skip HellerGUEST
And then I started thinking about Dubb.
Skip HellerGUEST
And one of my favorite records, again, that Susie gave me a promo copy of when I was a kid was Party Time by the Heptoids.
Miki YamanakaGUEST
Like, I think, um, you know, like, when I record it, I care about where the microphone is of the, for the piano and, like, the bass and, like, how they capture the sound.
Miki YamanakaGUEST
And, like, one of the records, like the one late, older record I- that's called Chance, we recorded it at the studio, Rudy Van Gelder Studio.
Miki YamanakaGUEST
That's a lot of jazz records being recorded in one room-
Brian HunterHOST
Wow
Miki YamanakaGUEST
... uh, traditionally by Rudy Van Gelder, and we wanted to do the same thing.
Miki YamanakaGUEST
It's not a isolated, uh, room recording anymore-
Brian HunterHOST
Wow.
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