Rudy Van Gelder

Rudolph Van Gelder 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. He worked with many different record companies, and recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967.

2 November 1924

Born on the same birth date (2 November 1924): David Bauer (ice hockey)

Born on the same birth day (2 November): Amar Bose • Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain • Borut Pahor • Christopher Dibon • David Bauer (ice hockey) • Dhirendranath Datta • Larry Little • Lindy Morrison • Roddy White • Shah Rukh Khan • Émile Bayard

Born in the same month (November 1924): Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart • Benoit Mandelbrot • Colin Turnbull • Eileen Barton • Gianni Ferrio • Henk Vredeling • Irvin J. Borowsky • Joe Flynn (American actor) • Johanna Döbereiner • Leonid Kogan • Lise Østergaard • Marc Breaux • Motoo Kimura • Paul Desmond • Robert Frank • Shirley Chisholm • Sybil Stockdale