RVG RIP


Gonna go through my jazz collection and see what percentage of them Rudy was attached to. Although it might be easier to count the ones he was not on. The hard part is picking the first item to play.
bianchi27
I will miss him. What a long and very productive life he had. I have many Blue Note, Pablo and Prestige recordings done by him. Although he's recognized more for the Blue Note label I believe that the Prestige recordings were the superior sounding. His later Pablo work was  very good as well. He is a legend amongst recording engineers. 
Charles, 
Indeed a legend in jazz production and a very distinctive sound. What a loss. RIP RVG.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/arts/music/rudy-van-gelder-audio-engineer-who-helped-define-sound-of-jazz-on-record-dies-at-91.html?_r=0

Thanks for posting the news, Bianchi.  I had not heard.  Here's a link to the NY Times piece on him.  

I don't think it's exaggeration to say a giant in the industry has passed.

2016 continues as a horrible year of losses in the music world.  
Correction,
I  wrote that RVG recorded for Pablo and this is incorrect. That was Norman Granz's label and he used other recording engineers.
Charles,