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Rudy Van Gelder

1924 - 2016

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Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green and George Benson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudy Van Gelder has received more than 474,057 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudy Van Gelder is the 277th most popular engineer (down from 254th in 2019), the 6,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,986th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Engineer.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 277 out of 389. Before him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Louis Pouzin, Preston Tucker, Robert W. Paul, and Gerhard Fieseler. After him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Arthur Rudolph, Ransom E. Olds, Pierre-François Bouchard, and Georgy Langemak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 323. Before him are David Cox, Jane Greer, Rod Serling, Russell M. Nelson, Bobo Brazil, and Pablo Birger. After him are Ferdinando Terruzzi, Peter Scholl-Latour, Zahrad, Norbert Schemansky, David Landes, and Shirley Chisholm. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 320. Before him are Mother Angelica, Lasse Mårtenson, Martin Lundström, Robert Fano, Anatoly Roshchin, and Lutz D. Schmadel. After him are Heinrich Schiff, Peter Maxwell Davies, Amelia Bence, Norbert Schemansky, Giorgio Albertazzi, and Michel Déon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 6,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Jewtraw (1900), Buddy Ebsen (1908), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Gilda Radner (1946), James Salter (1925), and Robert Ettinger (1918). After him are Mike Kelley (1954), Bill Frisell (1951), Abigail Fillmore (1798), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Gayle Rubin (1949), and Ron Leibman (1937).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 26. Before him are Aron Ralston (1975), Jon Postel (1943), Butler Lampson (1943), Eugene Polley (1915), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), and Preston Tucker (1903). After him are Ransom E. Olds (1864), Burt Rutan (1943), Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and K. Eric Drexler (1955).

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