I watched this video yesterday and forgot to comment. It's an absolutely fascinating interview. I have some Xanadu records and they're great. The stories about Charlie Parker are priceless. I found the section about Rudy Van Gelder really interesting. Amazing to hear a different perspective of Mr Van Gelder. The internet seems to think that Blue Note records are the only jazz records worth getting but there's a whole world of jazz out there that people are missing out on. The piano often sounds poor on Van Gelder recordings, my least favourite is the Bill Evans verve recording with orchestra produced by Creed Taylor. The piano sounds horrific on that. Needless to say I have many Van Gelder recordings that sound fantastic.
Really enjoying your substack, thanks Brett. Have a great day .
Thanks, Richard. Appreciate you taking the time to write this. Don, who is still with us in his 90s, wasn't the guy who was always making himself seem important. The recordings he produced certainly stand the test of time. Please take care...
Hi Brett,
I watched this video yesterday and forgot to comment. It's an absolutely fascinating interview. I have some Xanadu records and they're great. The stories about Charlie Parker are priceless. I found the section about Rudy Van Gelder really interesting. Amazing to hear a different perspective of Mr Van Gelder. The internet seems to think that Blue Note records are the only jazz records worth getting but there's a whole world of jazz out there that people are missing out on. The piano often sounds poor on Van Gelder recordings, my least favourite is the Bill Evans verve recording with orchestra produced by Creed Taylor. The piano sounds horrific on that. Needless to say I have many Van Gelder recordings that sound fantastic.
Really enjoying your substack, thanks Brett. Have a great day .
Thanks, Richard. Appreciate you taking the time to write this. Don, who is still with us in his 90s, wasn't the guy who was always making himself seem important. The recordings he produced certainly stand the test of time. Please take care...