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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 434,693 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudy Van Gelder is the 256th most popular engineer (down from 242nd in 2019), the 5,998th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,479th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 256 out of 323. Before him are Peter Chen, Gerhard Fieseler, Essam Sharaf, Robert W. Paul, Boris Chertok, and James B. Francis. After him are Frederick Terman, Louis Vicat, Hans Moravec, Louis Pouzin, Fulgence Bienvenüe, and Jack Parsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 276. Before him are Ricardo Infante, Rod Serling, Oldřich Lipský, Bobo Brazil, J. D. Tippit, and Tatyana Lioznova. After him are Carlos Humberto Romero, Yuri Bondarev, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Peter Scholl-Latour, Boris Vasilyev, and Karel Kachyňa. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 285. Before him are Pierre Aubert, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Doreen Massey, Banharn Silpa-archa, Eri Klas, and Alice Drummond. After him are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Fritz Stern, Hanoi Hannah, Anne Jackson, William Trevor, and Ali Javan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 5,998 out of 18,182. Before him are John Legend (1978), Sandy Koufax (1935), Jack Gilford (1908), Tina Fey (1970), Big E (1986), and R. J. Palacio (1963). After him are Ashley Tisdale (1985), Herbie Mann (1930), Lana Clarkson (1962), Thad Jones (1923), Elisabeth Moss (1982), and Frederick Townsend Ward (1831).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Rudy Van Gelder ranks 25. Before him are Ed Heinemann (1908), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Aron Ralston (1975), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905). After him are Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), Ransom E. Olds (1864), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Alan Shugart (1930).

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