Rudy Van Gelder
Birthday:
2 November 1924, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name:
Rudolph Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder was born on November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA as Rudolph Van Gelder. He is known for his work on Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997), Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) and Time Piece (1965). He died on August 25, 2016 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
There was no recording industry, really, when I started in all this, and so as I pursued recording as a hobby, I became that kid from New Je...Show more »
There was no recording industry, really, when I started in all this, and so as I pursued recording as a hobby, I became that kid from New Jersey whom jazz musicians would come to see. The fact that, after a while, people started paying me for this was a surprise, although I'm happy about that now. Show less «
