Hey Vinyl Community, this episode of Spotlight is about legendary sound engineer, Rudy Van Gelder. en.wikipedia.o... www.udiscoverm... www.wbur.org/a... dgmono.com/rvg... • DVD Interview With Rud...
THE sound of small band modern Jazz. To think of all the music giants that would come in and out of his parent's home, and later on his studio, on a daily basis for decades to record immortal masterpieces, is mesmerising.
Yeah, I hear you. As I said, it’s debated. On some recordings I do feel like the piano needs to be more present. But I still have total respect for RVG. A total legend.
The piano gets somehow lost on loud passages, especially on the Coltrane Quartet sessions. In fact you best hear McCoy on Coltrane's Ballads than on any other Coltrane's session.
I think you're right. I've only been disappointed in a couple of his albums where the piano sounded muffled and not very pronounced in the recording like the horns were.
Rudy, (Blue Note/Prestige label etc), with Howard Holzer (Contemporary Records) and Val Valetin (Verve-label) are imo, the very best Jazz recordist of those magic 50/60/early 70’s years. These guys bought an audio respectability on par with the classic recordings, imo. Once digital replaced analogue Rudy remastered his vast recording on his 24bit RVG-series that lifted his superb recordings to a higher level. Cheers!
To be honest, some of those remastering sound kind of harsh to me, compared to the LP's or the early CD transfers... I guess that's how he liked things, since his digital recordings or recent decades are on the bright side as well.
@@musamusashi From analogue to digital can at times have a harshness in the sound Misa. But from Rudy’s RVG 24bit series i could hear definitely more clarity, in all expects plus bass-lines and overall sounds like a veil had lifted. I still have all those cherished LP’s but listen more to the 24bits. Be well & Cheers!
I like the way RVG mixed horns in stereo. Reverb on one side, dryer on the other. Engineers today want to put in the middle. Does anyone know engineers today that use his techniques?
