had the special sauce." Awards and honors In 2013 Van Gelder received the Audio Engineering Society's Gold Medal. In 2009 he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012 he received the Grammy Trustees Award. See also :Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio References External links Karp, Andy (2009). "In Conversation with Rudy Van Gelder". Jazz.com. "Susan Stamberg Visits the Recording Studio of Rudy Van Gelder". npr.org. "NAMM Oral History Interview with Rudy Van Gelder". March 15, 2016. 1924 births 2016 deaths American audio engineers Blue Note Records Businesspeople from Jersey City, New Jersey Jazz record producers Salus University alumni American optometrists People from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey People from Hackensack, New Jersey Early Recording Engineers (1930-1959) Amateur radio people 20th-century American businesspeople