Rudy Van Gelder recording / Englewood Cliffs, NJ
All of the following compositions were recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.
One of the most famous recording studios of all time and an official National Historic Place, the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs has been operating since July 1959 (when Rudy left his Hackensack studio) and has been the site of monumental recordings such as “A Love Supreme,” "Soul Station," "Una Mas" and "Page One." From its opening until his passing in 2016, Rudy Van Gelder recorded, mixed, and mastered each of the thousands of sessions (with help from Maureen Sickler starting in 1986) that unfolded within the studio’s cathedral-like interior, combining the techniques he refined in Hackensack with the awe-inspiring acoustics of the studio to forge the signature “Van Gelder Sound” that rings clear to this day.
- Nice N' Greasy - Adriano Acea Swing (medium)
- Big People - Roland Alexander Swing/Latin (medium up)
- Change Up - Roland Alexander Funky 2-feel & swing
- Denise - Roland Alexander Latin (Bossa)
- Kojo Time - Roland Alexander Swing/Latin (medium up)
- Libra - Roland Alexander Swing (medium up)
- Monk's Moments - Roland Alexander Swing (medium)
- Pleasure Bent - Roland Alexander Swing (medium)
- Suppose - Roland Alexander Swing/Latin (medium up)
- Sweet Talk - Roland Alexander Swing (medium)
- Uptown - Roland Alexander Swing (uptempo)
- Morning Glory - Steve Allee Latin (medium up)
- Blue Ammons - Gene Ammons Swing (medium)
- Ger-ru - Gene Ammons Swing (medium)
- Hittin' The Jug - Gene Ammons Swing (slow)
- Jungle Strut - Gene Ammons Funky double-time-feel groove
- Madame Queen - Gene Ammons Swing (groove - medium)
- Tastin' The Jug - Gene Ammons Swing (medium)
- In Your Eyes - Rob Bargad Ballad
- In Your Eyes (vocal) - Rob Bargad Ballad
- Love We Had Yesterday (vocal) - Pamela Baskin-Watson Ballad
- Once Forgotten - Pamela Baskin-Watson Latin (Bossa)
- Gayle's Groove - Mickey Bass Swing (medium)
- You - Bob Brookmeyer & Judy Niemack Swing (medium up)
- Dhyana - Harold "Tina" Brooks Latin/swing (medium)
- Good Old Soul - Harold "Tina" Brooks Latin/swing (medium)
- Gypsy Blue - Harold "Tina" Brooks Latin (Bolero)
- Medina - Harold "Tina" Brooks Swing (medium up)
- Miss Hazel - Harold "Tina" Brooks Swing (uptempo)
- Theme For Doris - Harold "Tina" Brooks Latin/swing (medium up)
- Up Tight's Creek - Harold "Tina" Brooks Swing (medium up)
- Waiting Game - Harold "Tina" Brooks Swing (medium up)
- Phineas - Donald Brown Swing (slow)
- Chicken An' Dumplins - Ray Bryant Swing (medium)
- Cuban Fantasy - Ray Bryant Latin (Mambo)
- Cubano Chant - Ray Bryant Latin (Mambo)
- Fantasy For Two - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Mambo)
- I'll Blame It On The Samba - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Samba)
- If You Believe - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Calypso)
- Lonely Man - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Mambo)
- Meant To Be! - Ray Bryant & Fleurine Mehldau Swing (medium)
- Nuts And Bolts - Ray Bryant Swing (uptempo)
- One Fine Day - Ray Bryant & L. Aziza Miller Latin (Mambo)
- Swinging My Life Away - Ray Bryant & Tina May Swing (groove - medium)
- Talk To Me - Ray Bryant & Tina May Swing (medium)
- Where The Wind Blows - Ray Bryant 3/4 swing (medium)
- Chitlins Con Carne - Kenny Burrell Latin (groove - medium)
- Kenny's Sound - Kenny Burrell Swing (uptempo)
- Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell Swing (groove - medium)
- African Sunrise - Rahn Burton Latin (medium)
- Ease It - Paul Chambers Swing (medium up)
- Visitation - Paul Chambers Swing (medium)
- Mellow Side - Al Cohn Swing (medium)
- Man In The Brown Hat - Cecilia Coleman Swing (medium up)
- So You Say - Cecilia Coleman Swing (medium up)
- Two Sides Of A Penny - Cecilia Coleman Swing (medium)
- Have You Noticed? - Meredith d'Ambrosio Swing (medium)
- In The Glow Of The Moon - Dena DeRose & Meredith d'Ambrosio 3/4 swing (medium)
- Love Is Forever - Meredith d'Ambrosio & Al Grey Ballad
- Melodious Funk - Meredith d'Ambrosio Swing (medium)
- Miracle Of Spring - Meredith d'Ambrosio Ballad
- Try As I May (vocal) - Meredith d'Ambrosio Swing (medium)
- I Remember Love - Tadd Dameron Latin (Bossa)
- I Remember Love (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Bernie Hanighen Latin (Bossa)
- I'm Never Happy Anymore - Tadd Dameron Ballad
- Never Been In Love - Tadd Dameron Ballad
- Never Been In Love (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Irving Reid Ballad
- Sweet Life - Tadd Dameron Ballad
- Sweet Life (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Bernie Hanighen Ballad
- Ballad For Jaco - Jon Davis Ballad
- Blues For Hermeto - Jon Davis Even 8ths (medium up)
- Here's Jonny - Jon Davis Swing (medium up)
- Just Because Of You - Jon Davis Latin
- Loop - Jon Davis Swing (slow)
- No Kiddin' - Jon Davis 3/4 swing (medium up)
- One Up Front - Jon Davis Swing (medium)
- This Joker's A Smoker - Jon Davis Swing (uptempo)
- Too Good For Words - Jon Davis Swing (medium up)
- Waltz For J.D. - Jon Davis 3/4 swing (medium up)
- Wedding Waltz - Jon Davis 3/4 swing (medium)
- Being Such As You - Walter Davis, Jr Ballad
- Patience - Santi Debriano 3/4 swing (medium)
- In The Glow Of The Moon - Dena DeRose & Meredith d'Ambrosio 3/4 swing (medium)
- May Moon - Dena DeRose 3/4 swing (medium)
- Something In A Summer's Day (vocal) - Kirk Nurock & Emily Dickinson Ballad
- Will There Really Be A Morning? (vocal) - Kirk Nurock & Emily Dickinson Ballad
- Moana Surf - Jerry Dodgion Latin (Afro-Cuban 6/8)
- Back Road - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham Latin (Bossa)
- Blue Ching - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Blue Spring Shuffle - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Blues For Jackie - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium up)
- Brown's Town - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Escapade - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Horn Salute - Kenny Dorham Latin/swing (medium)
- Karioka - Kenny Dorham Swing/Latin (medium up)
- La Mesha - Kenny Dorham Ballad
- Lotus Blossom - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium up)
- Minor's Holiday - Kenny Dorham Swing (uptempo)
- Monaco - Kenny Dorham Latin/swing
- Night Watch - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium)
- Pedro's Time - Kenny Dorham Latin/swing (medium)
- Philly Twist - Kenny Dorham Swing (uptempo)
- Sao Paulo - Kenny Dorham Latin (Funky)
- Spring Cannon - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium up)
- Straight Ahead - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium up)
- Una Mas - Kenny Dorham Latin (Mambo)
- Windmill - Kenny Dorham Swing (medium up)
- Filide - Ray Draper Latin/swing (medium up)
- Farmer's Waltz - Kenny Drew, Jr. 3/4 swing (medium)
- Goodbye, Mr. Jones - Kenny Drew, Jr. Swing (medium)
- Oasis And The Mirage - Kenny Drew, Jr. Even 8ths (medium)
- Silent War - Kenny Drew, Jr. Ballad
- Alone With Just My Dreams - George Duvivier Ballad
- Alone With Just My Dreams (vocal) - George Duvivier Ballad
- One For Honor - Charles Fambrough Latin/swing (uptempo)
- Almost Everything - Don Friedman Swing (medium up)
- From A To Z - Don Friedman Latin (medium up)
- Opus D'Amour - Don Friedman Latin (Bossa)
- Pas De Duo - Don Friedman Ballad
- Red Sky Waltz - Don Friedman Swing (medium)
- Spring Song - Don Friedman Swing (medium up)
- Waltz For Marilyn - Don Friedman 3/4 swing (medium)
- Court - Curtis Fuller Ballad
- Down Home - Curtis Fuller Swing (medium)
- He's A Man - Curtis Fuller & Judy Niemack Swing (groove - medium)
- One Dream Gone - Curtis Fuller & Fleurine Mehldau Ballad
- Cleo's Blues - Paul Gonsalves Swing (medium)
- Cheese Cake - Dexter Gordon Swing (medium up)
- Clubhouse - Dexter Gordon Swing (medium)
- Hanky Panky - Dexter Gordon Swing (medium)
- Jodi - Dexter Gordon Ballad
- Le Coiffeur - Dexter Gordon Latin (Mambo)
- McSplivens - Dexter Gordon Swing (medium)
- Please, Let Me Share This With You - Dexter Gordon & Rachel Gould Ballad
- Soy Califa - Dexter Gordon Latin/swing (medium)
- Listen To Mister Jones - Rachel Gould & Philly Joe Jones Latin/swing (medium)
- Please, Let Me Share This With You - Dexter Gordon & Rachel Gould Ballad
- Miedo - Rodgers Grant Ballad
- Morning Star - Rodgers Grant Swing (medium)
- Reconciliation - Rodgers Grant Swing (medium)
- B.G.'s Groove Two - Bennie Green Latin/swing (medium up)
- Congo Lament - Bennie Green Latin (medium)
- Blues For Charlie - Grant Green Swing (medium slow)
- Grant's Tune - Grant Green Swing (medium)
- Green's Greenery - Grant Green Swing (medium)
- Al's Mist - Al Grey Ballad
- Love Is Forever - Meredith d'Ambrosio & Al Grey Ballad
- Dancin' Like We Did Before - Johnny Griffin & Judy Niemack Swing (medium)
- Blue Concept - Gigi Gryce Swing (uptempo)
- Blue Lights - Gigi Gryce Swing (uptempo)
- Boxer's Blues - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium)
- Evening In Casablanca - Gigi Gryce Ballad
- Infant's Song - Gigi Gryce Ballad
- Minority - Gigi Gryce Latin/swing (uptempo)
- Nica's Tempo - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium)
- Rat Race Blues - Gigi Gryce Swing (uptempo)
- Salute To Birdland - Gigi Gryce Swing (uptempo)
- Sans Souci - Gigi Gryce Latin (Bolero)
- Satellite - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium up)
- Shabozz - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium up)
- Social Call - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium)
- Stupendous-Lee - Gigi Gryce Swing (medium)
- I Remember Love (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Bernie Hanighen Latin (Bossa)
- Sweet Life (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Bernie Hanighen Ballad
- Politely - Bill Hardman Swing (medium)
- Soft Winds - Fletcher Henderson Swing (medium)
- Minor Reflections - Lonnie Hillyer Ballad
- Soft Shoulder - Lonnie Hillyer Swing (medium up)
- Tomorrow - Lonnie Hillyer Swing (medium)
- Between Two Kings - Bertha Hope Latin (Bossa)
- Da La Senidras - Bertha Hope Swing (medium up)
- Wise And Wonderful Book - Bertha Hope Ballad
- Carvin' The Rock - Elmo Hope & Sonny Rollins Swing (medium up)
- Chips - Elmo Hope Swing (medium)
- Low Tide - Elmo Hope Swing (medium)
- Minor Bertha - Elmo Hope Swing (medium up)
- Monique - Elmo Hope 3/4 ballad
- Roll On - Elmo Hope Swing (medium)
- Three Silver Quarters - Elmo Hope 3/4 ballad
- Up in Betty's Room - Don Patterson & Billy James Swing (medium up)
- Listen To Mister Jones - Rachel Gould & Philly Joe Jones Latin/swing (medium)
- Jackleg Patrol - Geoffrey Keezer Swing (medium up)
- Personal Space - Geoffrey Keezer Latin
- Premonition - Geoffrey Keezer Swing (medium up)
- Cecilia - David Kikoski Swing (medium up)
- Gnosis - Jonny King Swing (medium up)
- Funk Underneath - Rahsaan Roland Kirk Swing (medium slow)
- Back Room Blues - Brian Lynch Swing (medium)
- Silent Conversation - Brian Lynch 3/4 swing (slow)
- Dorian - Ronnie Mathews 3/4 swing (medium)
- Ichi-Ban - Ronnie Mathews Swing (medium up)
- John Charles - Ronnie Mathews Swing (medium)
- Let's Get Down - Ronnie Mathews Swing (uptempo)
- Like A Butterfly - Ronnie Mathews & Judy Niemack 3/4 swing (medium)
- Orient - Ronnie Mathews Swing (medium up)
- Thang - Ronnie Mathews 5/4 swing (medium)
- Fantasy For Two - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Mambo)
- I'll Blame It On The Samba - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Samba)
- If You Believe - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Calypso)
- Lonely Man - Ray Bryant & Tina May Latin (Mambo)
- Swinging My Life Away - Ray Bryant & Tina May Swing (groove - medium)
- Talk To Me - Ray Bryant & Tina May Swing (medium)
- Close To You Alone - Cecil McBee Ballad
- Kitch - Gary McFarland Swing (medium up)
- Cup Bearers - Tom McIntosh Swing (medium up)
- It's All In The Mind - Fleurine Mehldau & Bobby Porcelli Swing (medium slow)
- Meant To Be! - Ray Bryant & Fleurine Mehldau Swing (medium)
- One Dream Gone - Curtis Fuller & Fleurine Mehldau Ballad
- Love And Deception - Sergio Mihanovich Ballad
- Something Unusual - Sergio Mihanovich Swing (slow)
- One Fine Day - Ray Bryant & L. Aziza Miller Latin (Mambo)
- Advance Notice - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Aperitif - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Boss Bossa - Hank Mobley Latin (Bossa)
- Bossa De Luxe - Hank Mobley Latin (Bossa)
- Bossa For Baby - Hank Mobley Latin (Bossa)
- Break Through - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Breakdown - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Changing Scene - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Comin' Back - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Cute 'N Pretty - Hank Mobley 3/4 swing (medium)
- Dig Dis - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Don't Cry, Just Sigh - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- East Of The Village - Hank Mobley Latin/swing (medium)
- Feelin's Good - Hank Mobley Swing (groove - medium)
- Flirty Gerty - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Gettin' And Jettin' - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Give Me That Feelin' - Hank Mobley Even 8ths (funky)
- Good Picken's - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Greasin' Easy - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Hank's Other Bag - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Hank's Other Soul - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- High Voltage - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Lookin' East - Hank Mobley Swing (groove - medium)
- My Groove, Your Move - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- No More Goodbyes - Hank Mobley Ballad
- No Room For Squares - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Old World, New Imports - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Out Of Joe's Bag - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Pat 'N Chat - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Peck A Sec - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Slice Of The Top - Hank Mobley Latin (medium)
- Smokin' - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Soft Impressions - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Soul Station - Hank Mobley Swing (medium slow)
- Split Feelin's - Hank Mobley Latin/swing (medium up)
- Straight Ahead - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Third Season - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Third Time Around - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- This I Dig Of You - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Three Way Split - Hank Mobley Latin/swing (uptempo)
- Touch Of Blue - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Turnaround - Hank Mobley Even 8ths (funky)
- Two And One - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Uh Huh - Hank Mobley Swing (medium)
- Up A Step - Hank Mobley Swing (medium up)
- Up, Over And Out - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Workout - Hank Mobley Swing (uptempo)
- Alone Again - J.R. Monterose Ballad
- O.T.B. - Michael Philip Mossman Swing (medium)
- Empty Room - Fritz Pauer & Mark Murphy Ballad
- New Beginnings - Steve Nelson Swing (medium up)
- Shape Shifting - Steve Nelson Swing (medium up)
- Dancin' Like We Did Before - Johnny Griffin & Judy Niemack Swing (medium)
- Eros - Julian Priester & Judy Niemack 7/4 even 8ths (African)
- He's A Man - Curtis Fuller & Judy Niemack Swing (groove - medium)
- Ice White Blues - Jeanfrançois Prins & Judy Niemack Latin (Funky)
- Like A Butterfly - Ronnie Mathews & Judy Niemack 3/4 swing (medium)
- Over The Brink - Julian Priester & Judy Niemack Swing (medium slow)
- Shot Of Blues Juice - Norman Simmons & Judy Niemack Swing (medium)
- Something To Say - Judy Niemack Swing (medium)
- With You - Idrees Sulieman & Judy Niemack Ballad
- You - Bob Brookmeyer & Judy Niemack Swing (medium up)
- Something In A Summer's Day - Kirk Nurock Ballad
- Something In A Summer's Day (vocal) - Kirk Nurock & Emily Dickinson Ballad
- Will There Really Be A Morning? - Kirk Nurock Ballad
- Will There Really Be A Morning? (vocal) - Kirk Nurock & Emily Dickinson Ballad
- Especially For You - John Oddo Even 8ths (medium)
- Glad Lad - Leo Parker Swing (uptempo)
- Aries - Don Patterson & Sonny Stitt Swing (slow)
- Up in Betty's Room - Don Patterson & Billy James Swing (medium up)
- Empty Room - Fritz Pauer & Mark Murphy Ballad
- Full Moonlight And Stars Made Of Silver - Cecil Payne Ballad
- Mia - Carl Perkins Swing (medium up)
- Fifteenth Round - Valery Ponomarev Swing (uptempo)
- Means Of Identification - Valery Ponomarev Swing (medium up)
- Mirage - Valery Ponomarev Swing (medium)
- Take Care - Valery Ponomarev Latin (Mambo)
- It's All In The Mind - Fleurine Mehldau & Bobby Porcelli Swing (medium slow)
- Eros - Julian Priester & Judy Niemack 7/4 even 8ths (African)
- Over The Brink - Julian Priester & Judy Niemack Swing (medium slow)
- Ice White Blues - Jeanfrançois Prins & Judy Niemack Latin (Funky)
- 1:00 A.M. Standard Time - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- And Time Marches On - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- Blue Hour - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- Farewell To Sweden - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- Fuego De Corazon - Freddie Redd Latin (Samba)
- Jolly Minor - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- Midnight Blue - Freddie Redd Swing (medium up)
- Night At Nalen - Freddie Redd Swing (uptempo)
- There I Found You - Freddie Redd Swing (medium)
- Never Been In Love (vocal) - Tadd Dameron & Irving Reid Ballad
- Carvin' The Rock - Elmo Hope & Sonny Rollins Swing (medium up)
- Bird's Nest - Charlie Rouse Swing (medium up)
- Bix's Place - Randy Sandke 3/4 swing (medium slow)
- Elegy For Albert - Randy Sandke Ballad
- Black Diamond - Milton Sealey 3/4 swing (medium up)
- Lost In You - Don Sickler Ballad
- Tempo di Max - Don Sickler Swing (uptempo)
- Midnight Creeper - Norman Simmons Swing (medium slow)
- Shot Of Blues Juice - Norman Simmons & Judy Niemack Swing (medium)
- Silk - Norman Simmons Swing (medium)
- Aries - Don Patterson & Sonny Stitt Swing (slow)
- With You - Idrees Sulieman & Judy Niemack Ballad
- Dancing Sunbeam - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (medium)
- Fly With The Wind - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (uptempo)
- I Forgot To Remember - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Ballad
- Mid-Nite Oil - Eli "Lucky" Thompson 3/4 swing (medium up)
- Mister Man - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (medium up)
- Mumba Neua - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Latin (uptempo)
- Plain But The Simple Truth - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (medium)
- Prey-Loot - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (medium)
- Reminiscent - Eli "Lucky" Thompson Swing (medium)
- Little Busy - Bobby Timmons Funky 2-feel & swing
- So Tired - Bobby Timmons Latin/swing (medium)
- Bonnie - Tommy Turrentine Ballad
- Gone But Not Forgotten - Tommy Turrentine Ballad
- Dotty's Dream - Harold Vick Swing (medium up)
- Night Flight - Harold Vick Swing (uptempo)
- Our Miss Brooks - Harold Vick Swing (groove - medium)
- Steppin' Out - Harold Vick Swing (shuffle - medium up)
- Trimmed In Blue - Harold Vick Swing (medium up)
- Vicksville - Harold Vick Swing (medium)
- Mosaic - Cedar Walton Latin (uptempo)
- Bet - Doug Watkins Swing (medium up)
- Appointment In Milano - Robert Watson Swing (medium up)
- Karita - Robert Watson Latin (Samba)
- On The One - Robert Watson Swing (medium up)
- Alter Ego - James Williams Latin (medium)
- For My Nephews - James Williams 3/4 swing (medium)
- Images (Of Things To Come) - James Williams 3/4 swing (medium)
- Touching Affair - James Williams Even 8ths
- Blues Scam - Richard Wyands Swing (medium)
- Candied Sweets - Richard Wyands Swing (medium)
- Dee's Den - Richard Wyands Swing (medium)
- Yes It Is - Richard Wyands Swing (medium)
- Backup - Larry Young, Jr. Swing (medium)
- Luny Tune - Larry Young, Jr. Swing (medium up)
- Paris Eyes - Larry Young, Jr. Swing (medium up)
- Ritha - Larry Young, Jr. Swing (medium)