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The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio located at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.〔(Google Maps )〕〔(Van Gelder Studio at Visualnet )〕 It was set up in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder and has been used to record many albums released by major jazz labels such as Verve, Blue Note, Prestige, Impulse! and CTI.〔(Van Gelder at Allaboutjazz.com )〕 ==Background== From around 1952, beginning with a session led by Gil Melle which was sold to Blue Note, recordings were made by Van Gelder for commercial release in the living room of his parents' house at 25 Prospect Avenue in Hackensack, New Jersey, a house which had been built with the intention of doubling as a recording studio. In 1959, Van Gelder moved to a new facility in Englewood Cliffs. The last recording session at Hackensack and the first at Englewood Cliffs were both led by Ike Quebec and are contained in ''From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs'', a collection of singles recorded by the saxophonist in July 1959. Notable recordings made at Hackensack include Miles Davis' ''Workin''' and ''Steamin''' ; solo debuts by Hank Mobley (''Hank Mobley Quartet'') and Johnny Griffin (''Introducing Johnny Griffin'').〔(Blue Note Records Discography: 1955-1956 at jazzdisco.org )〕 The new structure was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and bore some resemblance to a chapel, with 39-foot ceilings〔 and fine acoustics. Critic Ira Gitler described the studio in ''The Space Book'' (1964) liner notes:"In the high-domed, wooden-beamed, brick-tiled, spare modernity of Rudy Van Gelder's studio, one can get a feeling akin to religion".〔(Van Gelder Studio by Ira Gitler )〕 "When I started making records, there was no quality recording equipment available to me" Van Gelder recalled in 2005. "I had to build my own mixer. The only people who had quality equipment were the big companies. They were building their own electronics."〔(Van Gelder at Mix Online )〕 Notable recordings made at Englewood Cliffs include John Coltrane's ''A Love Supreme'' (1964); Sonny Rollins' ''Sonny Rollins on Impulse!,'' ''Alfie'' and ''East Broadway Run Down''; Stanley Turrentine's ''Cherry'' and ''Don't Mess with Mister T''; Andrew Hill's ''Point of Departure''; Carmell Jones's ''Jay Hawk Talk''; Freddie Hubbard's ''Red Clay'' and Hank Mobley's ''Soul Station''.〔Zan, Stewart. ("The state of jazz: Meet 40 more Jersey greats" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', September 28, 2003. Accessed January 14, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Van Gelder Studio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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