| Van Gelder Studio and Home | |
| Location: | 445 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.8761°N -73.9519°W |
| Added: | April 25, 2022 |
| Refnum: | 100007644[1] |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | March 10, 2022 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 5626[2] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States.[3] Following the use of his parents' home at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, for the original studio, Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016) moved to the new location for his recording studio in July 1959. It has been used to record many albums released by jazz labels such as Blue Note, Prestige, Impulse!, Verve and CTI.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022, for its significance in performing arts and engineering.[5]
From around 1952, beginning with a session led by Gil Melle that 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, a house that had been built with the intention of doubling as a recording studio. The area was later subsumed by the Hackensack University Medical Center.
In a 2012 interview, Van Gelder explained to Marc Myers,
"My father decided to build a home on a lot there in 1946. By then I was completely involved with recording local musicians who wanted to hear themselves on a 78 rpm. When my father was having the blueprints done, I asked him if I could have a control room with a double glass window next to the living room. I wanted to perfect the techniques of contemporary music recording... ...My father agreed immediately. He knew how passionate I was about the music and the process of recording. I asked that the living room be as large a space as possible, within the footprint of the house. My father’s architect decided to accomplish this by making the living room ceiling higher than the rest of the house, which made for great acoustics."
"The house was U-shaped, with the bottom of the U facing the street. It was a modern, California-style house. If you viewed the house from the street, the bedrooms and control-room were in the wing on the right side. The living room/studio was in the center, and the left wing housed the kitchen and dining room. Outside the dining room was an open patio... ...They [Van Gelder's parents] soon added a separate entrance to the bedroom wing. They were always very supportive and encouraging of my recording activities. All of the musicians smoked at the time but my parents rarely complained. Just once I remember my mother leaving me a note asking me to tidy up better."[6]
In July 1959, Van Gelder moved to a new facility in Englewood Cliffs.[7] 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.
Important recordings made at Hackensack include Booker Ervin' "The Space Book" "The Freedom Book "The In Between" "Groovin' High" "Exultation!" Miles Davis' Workin' and Steamin' (1956); solo debuts by Hank Mobley (Hank Mobley Quartet, 1955) and Johnny Griffin (Introducing Johnny Griffin, 1956).[8]
Van Gelder's recording techniques were closely guarded, to the extent that microphones were moved when photography of bands was taking place in order to disguise his means of recording.[9]
The new structure with a 39-foot ceiling[7] and fine acoustics, designed by the architect David Henken and inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright,[10] resembles a chapel. The critic Ira Gitler describes the studio in liner notes for the saxophonist Booker Ervin's The Space Book (1964): "In the high-domed, wooden-beamed, brick-tiled, spare modernity of Rudy Van Gelder's studio, one can get a feeling akin to religion."[11] "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."[12]
Among many significant recordings made at Englewood Cliffs are John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (1964), Booker Ervin's "The Space Book", 1964 Sonny Rollins' Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965), Stanley Turrentine's Cherry (1972) and Don't Mess with Mister T (1973), Andrew Hill's Point of Departure (1964), Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (1970) and Hank Mobley's Soul Station (1960).[13]
The following table lists recording sessions for albums held at the studio.[14]
| Recording Date | Album | Artist | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Jenny | Perception | |||
| Drives | Blue Note | |||
| Everything I Play Is Funky | Blue Note | |||
| Dateline | Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers | Prestige | ||
| & January 23, 1970 | Blue Note | |||
| Greasy Kid Stuff! | Prestige | |||
| & January 28 and 29, 1970 | Red Clay | CTI | ||
| Green Is Beautiful | Blue Note | |||
| Night Lights | Prestige | |||
| Extensions | Blue Note | |||
| & April 10, 1970 | It Could Only Happen with You | Blue Note | ||
| Right On Brother | Prestige | |||
| Truth! | Prestige | |||
| & March 13, 1970 | Lift Every Voice | Blue Note | ||
| , April 23, 24 and 29, 1970 & May 8, 20 and 22, 1970 | Stone Flower | CTI | ||
| , April 23, 24 and 29, 1970 & May 8, 20 and 22, 1970 | Tide | A&M | ||
| Black Magic | Prestige | |||
| , March 26, 1970 & May 12, 1970 | Gula Matari | A&M | ||
| Afro-Disiac | Prestige | |||
| & June 18, 1970 | That Healin' Feelin' | Blue Note | ||
| & June 29, 1970 | Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow | Prestige | ||
| Electric Byrd | Blue Note | |||
| Black Drops | Prestige | |||
| Soul Liberation | Prestige | |||
| & July 2, 1970 | Joe Farrell Quartet | CTI | ||
| & July 22, 1970 | Black Out | CTI | ||
| Coalition | Blue Note | |||
| Cosmos | Blue Note | |||
| Black on Black! | Prestige | |||
| Thinking of Home | Blue Note | |||
| Asante | Blue Note | |||
| Sparks! | Prestige | |||
| & September 25, 1970 | A Groovy Situation | Blue Note | ||
| Here It 'Tis | Prestige | |||
| Person to Person! | Prestige | |||
| Sugar | CTI | |||
| Black Rhythm Revolution! | Prestige | |||
| The Black Cat! | Prestige | |||
| & January 29, 1971 | Total Response | Blue Note | ||
| Straight Life | CTI | |||
| No Way! | Prestige | |||
| & December 11, 1970 | Afro-Classic | CTI | ||
| Sneak Preview! | Prestige | |||
| Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) | Prestige | |||
| Night Life | Prestige | |||
| He's Coming | Ubiquity | Polydor | ||
| Funk, Inc. | Funk, Inc. | Prestige | ||
| Turn It On! | Prestige | |||
| Purdie Good! | Prestige | |||
| , February 1 and 4, March 19 & April 6, 1971 | Gilberto with Turrentine | and Stanley Turrentine | CTI | |
| , March 9, 1971 & April 23, 1971 | The Sugar Man | CTI | ||
| & February 3, 1971 | Beyond the Blue Horizon | CTI | ||
| You Talk That Talk! | and Sonny Stitt | Prestige | ||
| Genesis | Blue Note | |||
| & December 16, 1971 | Merry-Go-Round | Blue Note | ||
| Fire Eater | Prestige | |||
| & March 8, 1971 | Spark Plug | Prestige | ||
| and May 3, 1971 | Soul Story | Prestige | ||
| & April 9, 1971 | Houston Express | Prestige | ||
| What's Going On | Prestige | |||
| & July 7 and 13, 1971 | Salt Song | CTI | ||
| & May 11 and 25, 1971 | God Bless the Child | CTI | ||
| Things Have Got to Change | Impulse! | |||
| Visions | Blue Note | |||
| & June 4, 1971 | Breakout | Kudu | ||
| & June 10 and 25, 1971 | The Rite of Spring | CTI | ||
| Louisiana Slim | Prestige | |||
| Black Vibrations | Prestige | |||
| & July 15, 1971 | Mama Wailer | CTI | ||
| Cosmos | Blue Note | |||
| Set Us Free | Blue Note | |||
| My Way | Prestige | |||
| Gatorade | Prestige | |||
| What It Is | Prestige | |||
| Inner City Blues | Kudu | |||
| & September 20, 1971 | Peace and Rhythm | Prestige | ||
| & September 18, 1971 | Lee Morgan: The Last Session | Blue Note | ||
| & October 1, 1971 | Flute-In | Blue Note | ||
| Wild Fire | Prestige | |||
| Shaft | Prestige | |||
| & November, 1971 | Wild Horses Rock Steady | Kudu | ||
| White Rabbit | CTI | |||
| Outback | CTI | |||
| From a Whisper to a Scream | Kudu | |||
| Village of the Pharoahs | Impulse! | |||
| & December 17, 1971 | Shades of Green (horn overdubs) | Blue Note | ||
| Help Me Make It Through the Night | Kudu | |||
| & February 14, 1972 | All | Blue Note | ||
| & January 21, 1972 | Two Headed Freap | Blue Note | ||
| & February 21, 1972 | Akilah! | Prestige | ||
| Goin' Down Slow | Prestige | |||
| & February 17, 1972 | Intensity | Prestige | ||
| , February 17, 1972 & February 14, 1973 | Charles III | Prestige | ||
| Hollow Out | and Masabumi Kikuchi | Philips | ||
| Bad Walking Woman | Prestige | |||
| & January 26, 1973 | Where I'm Coming From | Prestige | ||
| & April, 1972 | Blue Moses | CTI | ||
| & March 3, 1972 | Natural Illusions | Blue Note | ||
| Chicken Lickin' | Funk, Inc. | Prestige | ||
| & April 12, 13 and 20, 1972 | Free | CTI | ||
| Polar AC | CTI | |||
| Hello Sunshine | B. C. & M. Choir | Salvation | ||
| & June 1972 | All the King's Horses | Kudu | ||
| Broken Windows, Empty Hallways | Prestige | |||
| , & May 18 and 24, 1972 | Cherry | and Milt Jackson | CTI | |
| & July 28, 1972 | Child's Dance | and The Jazz Messengers | Prestige | |
| & June 7, 8 and 20 1972 | Time & Love | Jackie & Roy | CTI | |
| Ca'Purange | Prestige | |||
| & June 28, 1972 | Tangerine | Prestige | ||
| , September, 1972 & October, 1972 | Alone Again, Naturally | Kudu | ||
| & July 13, 1972 | Mr. Jones | Blue Note | ||
| Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers | Prestige | |||
| Generation | Prestige | |||
| & November, 1972 | Morning Star | CTI | ||
| & November 7, 1972 | Sweet Buns & Barbeque | Prestige | ||
| & September 13 and 14, 1972 | Prelude | CTI | ||
| , September 28, 1972 & October 10, 1972 | We Got a Good Thing Going | Kudu | ||
| & October 5, 1972 | Sky Dive | CTI | ||
| & November 10, 1972 | In Pursuit of the 27th Man | Blue Note | ||
| , October 30 & November 1, 1972 | Got My Own | Prestige | ||
| , October 30 & November 1, 1972 | Big Bad Jug | Prestige | ||
| & February 2, 1973 | Midnight Rider | Prestige | ||
| Moon Germs | CTI | |||
| Snake Rhythm Rock | Prestige | |||
| & November 30, 1972 | The Prophet | Kudu | ||
| Mizrab | CTI | |||
| Hangin' Out | Funk, Inc. | Prestige | ||
| & December 13, 1972 | Sunflower | CTI | ||
| Forecast | Kudu | |||
| Blues Farm | CTI | |||
| Last Bolero in Berkeley | Fantasy | |||
| & February 9, 1973 | Primo | Fantasy | ||
| Soul Box | Kudu | |||
| For the Good Times | Prestige | |||
| , March 15, 1973 & June 7 and 8, 1973 | Don't Mess with Mister T. | CTI | ||
| & May 1973 | Giant Box | CTI | ||
| & April 17 and 18, 1973 | Fingers | CTI | ||
| & May 16, 1973 | Deodato 2 | CTI | ||
| & June 29, 1973 | Wildflower | Kudu | ||
| Black-Eyed Blues | Kudu | |||
| & July 18, 1973 | Body Talk | CTI | ||
| Rambler | CTI | |||
| Penny Arcade | CTI | |||
| & October 23, 1973 | Keep Your Soul Together | CTI | ||
| All Blues | CTI | |||
| & November 1, 1973 | Higher Ground | Kudu | ||
| , November 28, 1973 & December 4, 1973 | Skylark | CTI | ||
| & December 12, 1972 | Goodbye | and Herbert Laws | CTI | |
| A Wilder Alias | CTI | |||
| & January 10, 1974 | Olinga | CTI | ||
| -April, 1974 | One | CTI | ||
| & February 7, 8 and 11, 1975 | In the Beginning | CTI | ||
| Power of Soul | Kudu | |||
| Upon This Rock | CTI | |||
| , May 29 and 30, 1974 & June 20, 1974 | Bad Benson | CTI | ||
| Performance | Kudu | |||
| Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing | Kudu | |||
| , October 31, 1974 & November 1, 1974 | She Was Too Good to Me | CTI | ||
| , & January–March 1975 | Upchurch/Tennyson | and Tennyson Stephens | Kudu | |
| & September 25 and 26, 1974 | Pure Desmond | CTI | ||
| Mister Magic | Kudu | |||
| & December, 1974 | Canned Funk | CTI | ||
| Spanish Blue | CTI | |||
| & January, 1975 | Two | CTI | ||
| –April, 1975 | The Chicago Theme | CTI | ||
| , & March 11 and 17 1975 | Beck | Kudu | ||
| & May 1975 | The Rape of El Morro | CTI | ||
| & April 23, 1975 | Concierto | CTI | ||
| , & April 24 and 28, 1975 | What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | and Joe Beck | Kudu | |
| & July, 1975 | Feels So Good | Kudu | ||
| & July, 1975 | Anything Goes | Kudu | ||
| & July, 1975 | I Hear a Symphony | Kudu | ||
| , June 19 and 27, September 23 & October 8, 1975 | House of the Rising Sun | Kudu | ||
| , July 8, October 9 & December 4 and 5, 1975 | Good King Bad | CTI | ||
| & October, 1975 | Pacific Fire | CTI | ||
| , November 14, 1975 & December 8, 1975 | For All We Know | and Joe Beck | Kudu | |
| & January, 1976 | Three | CTI | ||
| , January 21, 1976 & March 12, 1976 | Benson & Farrell | and Joe Farrell | CTI | |
| The Main Attraction | Kudu | |||
| –June, 1976 | End of a Rainbow | CTI | ||
| , & May 18 and 20, 1976 | Yellow & Green | CTI | ||
| , May 25 and 26 & June 18, 1976 | Velvet Darkness | CTI | ||
| , October, 1976 and November 1976 | The Fox | CTI | ||
| A Secret Place | Kudu | |||
| , October 20, 1976 & December 21, 1976 | Towering Toccata | CTI | ||
| –December, 1976 | Capricorn Princess | Kudu | ||
| & December, 1976 | BJ4 | CTI | ||
| Smokin' | Muse | |||
| Mama Roots | Muse | |||
| Crawl Space | CTI | |||
| Shippin' Out | Muse | |||
| My Mother's Eyes | Muse | |||
| Brief Encounter | Muse | |||
| Wild Flower | Muse | |||
| & September 21, 1977 | Roadsong | Muse | ||
| Everything Must Change | Muse | |||
| The Nearness of You | Muse | |||
| I Concentrate on You | Muse | |||
| , November 18, 21 & 22, 1977 | Peg Leg | Milestone | ||
| , & November 17, 25 and 30, 1977 | Silver 'n Percussion | Blue Note | ||
| Bar Wars | Muse | |||
| Infant Eyes | Muse | |||
| & January 5, 1978 | Now | Muse | ||
| Home | Muse | |||
| Groovin' High | Muse | |||
| Why Not... | Muse | |||
| Single Action | with Pat Martino | Muse | ||
| A Song for You | Milestone | |||
| If You Could See Me Now | Muse | |||
| Mister Mysterious | Muse | |||
| Manhattan Plaza | Muse | |||
| Sunstroke | Muse | |||
| L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples | Nessa | |||
| Keeper of the Flame | Muse | |||
| Thundering | Muse | |||
| , November 10, 1978, October 26, 1979 & November 2, 1979 | Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres | Blue Note | ||
| Pick 'Em | Milestone | |||
| Parade | Milestone | |||
| & March 16, 1979 | Columbia | |||
| & April 25, 1979 | Horizon | Milestone | ||
| In a Temple Garden | CTI | |||
| & June 27, 1979 | The Plot Thickens | Gatemouth | ||
| Spirit Catcher | Nessa | |||
| Good Cookin' | Muse | |||
| & June 14 and 20, 1979 | Very R.A.R.E. | Trio | ||
| La Cuna | CTI | |||
| New York Slick | Milestone | |||
| Recording Date | Album | Artist | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Afternoon | Muse | |||
| Touch of Silk | Columbia | |||
| & January 30, 1980 | Soul Survivors | and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone | |
| , March 5 and 6, 1980, & May 29, 1980 | Quartets 4 X 4 | Milestone | ||
| Suspicions | Muse | |||
| Flying Colors | Muse | |||
| & June 1980 | Fuse One | Fuse One | CTI | |
| & May 20, 1980 | Patrão | Milestone | ||
| Nothing Butt... | Muse | |||
| Save Your Love for Me | Muse | |||
| Very PERSONal | Muse | |||
| Kabsha | Theresa | |||
| Dannie Richmond Quintet | Gatemouth | |||
| Parfait | Milestone | |||
| Broadway | Muse | |||
| & February 4, 1981 | City Lights | JAM | ||
| & June 23 and 24, 1981 | Movin' Upside the Blues | JAM | ||
| La Leyenda de La Hora | Columbia | |||
| Sweet Poppa Lou | Muse | |||
| In Style | Muse | |||
| Mellifluous | Gatemouth | |||
| & July 1, 1981 | Tenor for the Times | Muse | ||
| Clean Sweep | SteepleChase | |||
| Textures | Muse | |||
| & June 12, 1981 | New York Concerto | and Friends featuring Yoshiaki Masuo | Baystate | |
| Somethin's Cookin' | Muse | |||
| Politely | Muse | |||
| -September 24, 1981 | Silk | Fuse One | CTI | |
| Away from the Crowd | Discovery | |||
| Urban Dreams | Palo Alto | |||
| 1st Place | BlackHawk | |||
| Earth Jones | Palo Alto | |||
| Play of Light | BlackHawk | |||
| Four in One | Sphere | Elektra/Musician | ||
| Interpretations | Muse | |||
| -April, 1982 | Studio Trieste | , Jim Hall and Hubert Laws | CTI | |
| Little Jazz Bird | Palo Alto | |||
| & April 14, 1982 | Love & Peace | -McCoy Tyner Quintet | Trio | |
| -July, 1982 | Gershwin Carmichael Cats | CTI | ||
| Heavy Juice | Muse | |||
| Etudes | Elektra/Musician | |||
| Cross Roads | Sextet | Discovery | ||
| The Bash | Muse | |||
| & December 8, 1982 | Time Speaks | with Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw | Baystate | |
| Flight Path | Sphere | Elektra/Musician | ||
| Spirit | Delmark | |||
| Future's Gold | Muse | |||
| Timeless Heart | Timeless All Stars | Timeless | ||
| & April 28, 1983 | Countdown | Milestone | ||
| The Gentle Monster | featuring Joe Newman and Hank Jones | Uptown | ||
| Two at the Top | and Johnny Coles | Uptown | ||
| Look Stop Listen | Dameronia featuring Johnny Griffin | Uptown | ||
| -July 22, 1983 | Captain Blued | CTI | ||
| Memories and Dreams | BlackHawk | |||
| The Music of Kenny Dorham | Uptown | |||
| Ekaya (Home) | Ekaya | |||
| Setting Standards | Muse | |||
| & December 10, 1983 | The Rose Tattoo | Baystate | ||
| & January 22, 1984 | Social Call | and Red Rodney | Uptown | |
| -January 26, 1984 | Red On Red | with Kenia | CTI | |
| The Ole Dude & The Fundance Kid | and Phil Woods | Uptown | ||
| Comin' Home | Muse | |||
| Incandescent | Sextet featuring Phil Woods | Discovery | ||
| & April 24, 1984 | 1+1+1 | BlackHawk | ||
| Just Jazz | and Al Grey | Uptown | ||
| High Horse | Urszula | CTI | ||
| & May 19 and 29, 1984 | Road Warriors | and Houston Person | CTI | |
| & June 3, 1984 | One of a Kind | featuring Al Cohn | Uptown | |
| & August, 1984 | Creation | featuring Houston Person | Greene Street | |
| Shorter Ideas | Muse | |||
| , November 8 and 9, 1984 & February 11, 1985 | Transblucency | Uptown | ||
| & December 6, 1988 | Exhilaration | Uptown | ||
| Autumn in New York | Uptown | |||
| & December 21, 1984 | Living Room | Muse | ||
| Introducing Kenny Garrett | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| Just Be Yourself | New Note | |||
| Opalessence | Quintet featuring Tom Harrell and Pepper Adams | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Equipoise | Muse | |||
| & January 19, 1985 | Lonely City | Uptown | ||
| Generations | and Frank Foster | Muse | ||
| Claudio! | Uptown | |||
| & June, 1985 | Good Morning Kiss | BlackHawk | ||
| –April 13, 1985 | Ron Carter Plays Bach | Philips | ||
| Means of Identification | Reservoir | |||
| & June 8, 1985 | O.T.B. | Out of the Blue | Blue Note | |
| Windsong | BlackHawk | |||
| & June 20, 1985 | New Picture | Landmark | ||
| & June 26, 1985 | The Adams Effect | Uptown | ||
| & September 6, 1985 | The Great Fontana | Uptown | ||
| Water from an Ancient Well | BlackHawk | |||
| Red Zone | Reservoir | |||
| & November 22, 1985 | Double Take | and Woody Shaw | Blue Note | |
| Loverman: A Tribute to Billie Holiday | Jazz Ragas | |||
| Round Trip | Reservoir | |||
| Moon Alley | Quintet featuring Kenny Garrett and Kenny Barron | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| In Good Company | and Jimmy Raney | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Wisteria | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| In a Sentimental Mood | Stash | |||
| & January 3, 1986 | Go for Whatcha Know | Blue Note | ||
| Looking Ahead | Muse | |||
| What If? | Enja | |||
| Solid | Muse | |||
| Back Home | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| Dream Dancing | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| Presenting Michael Weiss | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| -June, 1986 | Chris Hunter | Atlantic | ||
| & May 25, 1986 | Playing for Change | Uptown | ||
| , July 15, 1986, December 17, 1986 & March 3 and 4, 1987 | I'll Get By | Timeless | ||
| The Left Bank of New York | Uptown | |||
| & October 15, 1986 | The Starting Five | Milestone | ||
| Looking Ahead | Muse | |||
| Fine and Mellow | Muse | |||
| Make Someone Happy | Doctor Jazz | |||
| Movies | Enja | |||
| Ties of Love | Landmark | |||
| Royal Ballads | Quartet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| & December 26, 1986 | Kirk 'n Marcus | Quintet featuring Marcus Belgrave | Criss Cross Jazz | |
| Peer Pressure | Sextet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| The Talk of the Town | Muse | |||
| 623 C Street | Quartet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| & February 1, 1987 | It Just So Happens | Enja | ||
| & February 18, 1987 | Peer Pleasure | Landmark | ||
| Verses | Muse | |||
| Four for All | Sphere | Verve | ||
| Don't Be Shy | Trio | Sea Breeze Jazz | ||
| & May 24, 1987 | Good People | Reservoir | ||
| & June 5, 1987 | Obeah | Free Lance | ||
| & June 12, 1987 | The Eternal Triangle | and Woody Shaw | Blue Note | |
| & June 16, 1987 | Steppin' Up | and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone | |
| Henry B. Meets Alvin G. Once in a Wild | and Al Cohn | Capri | ||
| Mean Streets – No Bridges | Muse | |||
| Imagination | Muse | |||
| From Paradise (Small's) to Shangri-La | Muse | |||
| Very Well | Deep Moat | |||
| & December 23, 1987 | Arcane | Muse | ||
| Ron Carter Presents Dado Moroni | with Ron Carter | EmArcy | ||
| Saxotic Stomp | Muse | |||
| LoveLight | Enja | |||
| Toku Do | Muse | |||
| , September 11, 1987 & November 18, 1987 | Moving Forward | RCA Novus | ||
| & September 24, 1987 | Harlem Blues | Landmark | ||
| I'll Be Seeing You | Muse | |||
| Basics | Muse | |||
| & November 30, 1987 | In a Jazz Tradition | with Ron Carter | EmArcy | |
| Duo | and Red Mitchell | Timeless | ||
| Evening Star | featuring Tommy Flanagan and Jimmy Knepper | Contemporary | ||
| Mixed Bag | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| & October 11, 1989 | Communications | with Mulgrew Miller, Ray Drummond and Tony Reedus | Criss Cross Jazz | |
| Green Chimneys | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| New Outlook | Reservoir | |||
| Intuition | Muse | |||
| Bout Time | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Rejuvenate! | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Prelude | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Blues All Day Long | Muse | |||
| & March 8, 1988 | Mindif | Enja | ||
| Bird Songs | Sphere | Verve | ||
| Bagg's Flight Home | and Michael Moore | Alacra | ||
| & March 23, 1988 | Movies Too | Enja | ||
| The Re-Entry | Muse | |||
| Jump | Muse | |||
| All Alone | EmArcy | |||
| Superblue | Superblue | Blue Note | ||
| Trip to Moscow | Reservoir | |||
| , April 28, 1988 & May 9, 1988 | I Remember | Blue Note | ||
| & May 7, 1988 | I'm Walkin | with Ron Carter | EmArcy | |
| & May 17, 1988 | The New Al Grey Quintet | Chiaroscuro | ||
| Gotstabe a Better Way! | Muse | |||
| Bopera House | and Tardo Hammer | V.S.O.P. | ||
| & June 28, 1988 | Front Burner | Milestone | ||
| & July 7, 1988 | Soul Mates | and Sahib Shihab | Uptown | |
| & July 20, 1988 | Blue to the 'Bone | Milestone | ||
| To Reach a Dream | Muse | |||
| & August 28, and 30, 1988 | Art Deco | A&M | ||
| -October, 1988 | Night Beat | Milestone | ||
| & September 13, 1988 | Raincheck | Reservoir | ||
| Between Me and You | Muse | |||
| Brilliant Corners | Muse | |||
| & February 4, 1989 | Renee Rosnes | Blue Note | ||
| & December 17, 1988 | Images | Landmark | ||
| Portraits and Dedications | Sextet featuring Bobby Watson | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| & January 2, 1989 | In This Direction | Trio | Criss Cross Jazz | |
| & January 7, 1989 | Higher Ground | Joken | ||
| & January 7, 1989 | Trio | C&D | ||
| & January 11, 1989 | Mitchell's Talking | Capri | ||
| & January 19, 1989 | Jazz Poet | Timeless | ||
| & January 19, 1989 | Please Request Again | Super Jazz Trio | Timeless | |
| Self-Portrait in Swing | Quartet | Contemporary | ||
| & January 26, 1989 | Christopher Hollyday | RCA Novus | ||
| & January 31, 1989 | Eternal Spirit | Blue Note | ||
| Squeeze Me! | Spacemen | Chiaroscuro | ||
| Something in Common | and Ron Carter | Muse | ||
| Hard Groovin' | Muse | |||
| & July 18, 1990 | Another Real Good'Un | Savoy | ||
| The Standard Bearer | Muse | |||
| & March 9, 1989 | Something More | Quintet | In + Out | |
| & March 28, 1989 | Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players | and Jay McShann | Chiaroscuro | |
| & August 9, 1989 | On the Blue Side | and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone | |
| & April 25, 1989 | Superblue 2 | Superblue | Blue Note | |
| & April 30, 1989 | The Half-Life of Desire | Either/Orchestra | Accurate | |
| African River | Enja | |||
| -June 21, 1989 | Rhythmstick | Rhythmstick | CTI | |
| & August 3, 1989 | Indiana on Our Minds | Chiaroscuro | ||
| Capital Hill | Muse | |||
| Sources of Inspiration | Muse | |||
| Happy Ground | Muse | |||
| Duets | and Ron Carter | EmArcy | ||
| On a Different Level | Reservoir | |||
| & October 12, 1989 | Getting Down to Business | Sextet featuring Joe Henderson | Landmark | |
| & October 30, 1989 | Sugar | Muse | ||
| Shining Hour | Muse | |||
| The Party | Muse | |||
| & November 28, 1989 | Taking Off | Timeless | ||
| Doin' It Right | RCA Novus | |||
| Revelation | Muse | |||
| Southern Touch | Enja | |||
| Blue Afternoon | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| Camera in a Bag | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Back Room Blues | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Recording Date | Album | Artist | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus Blossom | Project featuring the Michael Hashim Quartet | Stash | ||
| My Time Will Come | Music Masters | |||
| Welcome to the Club | VWC | |||
| The Feeling of Jazz | Quintet/Trio | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Now's the Time | and Ron Carter | Muse | ||
| & January 17, 1990 | On Course | RCA Novus | ||
| & February 2, 1990 | Chippin' In | and The Jazz Messengers | Timeless | |
| Some Blues | Chiaroscuro | |||
| Just Friends | , Nat Simkins and Houston Person | Muse | ||
| Where Were You? | Columbia | |||
| Smooth Sailing | with Rufus Reid and Billy Higgins | Reservoir | ||
| & March 5, 1990 | Furthermore | Landmark | ||
| & April 11, 1990 | Eight Plus | Victor | ||
| The Buck Stops Here | Muse | |||
| Out of the Tradition | Muse | |||
| Whip Appeal | Muse | |||
| & May 31, 1990 | Summit Reunion | and Kenny Davern | Chiaroscuro | |
| The Only One | Reservoir | |||
| Christmas with Etta Jones | Muse | |||
| & July 3, 1990 | Four Seasons | Trio | Ninety-One | |
| No Fear, No Die | Enja | |||
| As Long as There's Music | Muse | |||
| & August 1, 1990 | Ninety-One | |||
| Ridin' High | Reservoir | |||
| May I Come In | Muse | |||
| Night Out | Muse | |||
| Obsession | Muse | |||
| & September 21, 1990 | Night Watch | Uptown | ||
| Come On Down | Muse | |||
| Why Not! | Muse | |||
| What It Takes | Reservoir | |||
| Code Red | Muse | |||
| 9 by 3 | Trio | Contemporary | ||
| Hangin' with Smooth | Muse | |||
| Invitation | Criss Cross Jazz | |||
| A Blue Streak | Stash | |||
| Lemuria-Seascape | Candid | |||
| & January 22, 1991 | The Natural Moment | RCA Novus | ||
| Walk On | Muse | |||
| John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill | Chiaroscuro | |||
| Quickstep | Enja | |||
| -March 12, 1991 | A Moments Notice | RCA Novus | ||
| & March 5, 1991 | My Horns of Plenty | Birdology | ||
| Native Colours | Quintet | Criss Cross Jazz | ||
| Profile | Reservoir | |||
| Radio Waves | Reservoir | |||
| & May 15, 1991 | The Right Choice | After Hours | ||
| -May 31, 1991 | The Proper Angle | CTI | ||
| The Turbanator | 32 Jazz | |||
| Great Scott! | Muse | |||
| Tenor Madness Too! | Muse | |||
| & August 18, 1991 | Cause and Effect | Muse | ||
| The Moment | Trio | Reservoir | ||
| Walk Don't Run | Quartet featuring Kenny Barron | King | ||
| & September 6 and 8, 1991 | Verve | |||
| Let's Cool One | and The New Jazz Adoption Agency | Reservoir | ||
| Seth Air | Muse | |||
| Take One | Blue Note | |||
| Songs of Courage | Muse | |||
| & September 12–24, 1992 | The Charmer | CTI | ||
| Desert Flowers | Enja | |||
| It's Time | Reservoir | |||
| Headlines | Timeless | |||
| Unforgettable | Muse | |||
| Mr. A.T. | Enja | |||
| Youkali | CTI | |||
| Mexico | CTI | |||
| -June, 1992 | Calling You | CTI | ||
| The Traveller | Muse | |||
| & March 13, 1992 | Rhythm of the Earth | Antilles/Birdology | ||
| & March 21, 1992 | Spirit Willie | Enja | ||
| , March 27, 1992 & August 19, 1992 | 3WayPlay | Reservoir | ||
| Serious Hang | Muse | |||
| & April 21, 1992 | Youngblood | Enja | ||
| & April 29, 1992 | Handful Of Keys - The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller | Verve | ||
| In the Spirit | Muse | |||
| Guys and Dolls | Quartet | Stash | ||
| -May 18, 1992 | Goodfellas 2 | Goodfellas | Paddle Wheel | |
| & July 1, 1992 | Try a Little Tenderness | Chiaroscuro | ||
| Impulse | Muse | |||
| Standards | Reservoir | |||
| Telepathy | Muse | |||
| & October 16, 1992 | Going Home | Enja | ||
| A Walkin' Thing | Candid | |||
| Jubilation | Muse | |||
| Doodlin | Muse | |||
| Fallen Angel | CTI | |||
| Neck Peckin’ Jammie | Muse | |||
| & March 5, 1993 | Remembering Grant Green | King | ||
| Sittin' on the Thing With Ming | Capri | |||
| East Coast Stroll | Reservoir | |||
| Soulful Sin | Muse | |||
| –February 28, 1993 | Upon Reflection – The Music of Thad Jones | Verve | ||
| -March 22, 1993 | Lost Voices | CTI | ||
| & April 10, 1993 | Incident'ly | Sound Hills | ||
| Kickin' in the Frontwindow | Timeless | |||
| Munchin' | Muse | |||
| A Special Rapport | Reservoir | |||
| Crunchin' | Muse | |||
| Blues Nexus | Muse | |||
| Beyond Expectations | Reservoir | |||
| Cartunes | Muse | |||
| & October 5, 1993 | Horn of Plenty | Muse | ||
| The Trio: 1994 | , Bobby Rosengarden and Derek Smith | Chiaroscuro | ||
| & January 18 and 27, 1994 | Four in One | Blue Note | ||
| Challenge | ||||
| -February 24, 1994 | All My Tomorrows | Columbia | ||
| All About My Girl | Muse | |||
| & March 23, 1994 | The Place to Be | Blue Note | ||
| & April 22, 1994 | The Clincher | TCB | ||
| Dark Blue | Reservoir | |||
| Blue Mance | Chiaroscuro | |||
| Like Old Times | Reservoir | |||
| & June 2, 1994 | Duality | and John Hicks | Reservoir | |
| Uncommon Threads | Reservoir | |||
| & June 20, 1994 | Le Ca: New York Romance | Venus | ||
| Reflections | Trio | Big Bang | ||
| -June 29, 1994 | In Other Words | Quartet | GRP | |
| Free Wheelin': The Music of Lee Morgan | Reservoir | |||
| Comin' Home | Muse | |||
| Judy | C&D | |||
| & September 19, 1994 | Shades of the Pine | Reservoir | ||
| & November 22, 1994 | Bert's Blues | Orchestra | CAP | |
| Young Gunn | Muse | |||
| Horn to Horn | and Houston Person | Muse | ||
| Rhythm Within | Antilles | |||
| The Oracle | Muse | |||
| & February 15, 1995 | Made in America | Chiaroscuro | ||
| & February 21, 1995 | A Better Understanding | Blue Note | ||
| Backyard | TCB | |||
| Yellow Dog Blues | Summit Reunion | Chiaroscuro | ||
| Groovy Encounters | Amosaya | |||
| & April 13 and 14, 1995 | Infinity | Trio featuring Michael Brecker | Impulse! | |
| & April 23, 1995 | Autumn in New York | Trio | Venus | |
| & May 11, 1995 | The Line Forms Here | Reservoir | ||
| Talk To Me Baby | Muse | |||
| & July 8, 1995 | Colours & Dimensions | Reservoir | ||
| 4 Flights Up | Quartet featuring Slide Hampton | Sharp Nine | ||
| Resurgence | Muse | |||
| Reality Tonic | Reservoir | |||
| , October 24, 1995 & November 9, 1995 | Urban Renewal | Funk Inc. | Prestige | |
| One by One | Reservoir | |||
| -January 5, 1995 | Bob Belden's Shades of Blue | Blue Note | ||
| Winter Moon | Saranac | |||
| & November 20, 1995 | From Birdland to Broadway | Venus | ||
| Keepin' in the Groove | Reservoir | |||
| & May 6, 1996 | Comin' Back Home | featuring John Stubblefield | Jazzhead | |
| & December 11, 1996 | Is There a Jackson in the House? | JazzKey Music | ||
| & March 5, 1996 | Rockermotion | TCB | ||
| & March 12, 1996 | From Now On | Blue Note | ||
| Danger High Voltage | Two and Four | |||
| Killer Ray Rides Again | Sextet | Sharp Nine | ||
| , April 29, 1996 & May 13, 1996 | Tight | Milestone | ||
| Louis at Large | Sharp Nine | |||
| Keep a Song in Your Soul | Hep Jazz | |||
| This Time | Reservoir | |||
| & June 7, 1996 | The Gerry Mulligan Songbook | , Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson and Ron Vincent | Chiaroscuro | |
| Cape Town Flowers | Enja | |||
| The Dream Team | Milestone | |||
| The Classic Trio | Sharp Nine | |||
| & September 25, 1996 | Into The Light | Reservoir | ||
| & October 2, 1996 | First Time Ever | Trio | Alfa | |
| Close Encounters | and Houston Person | HighNote | ||
| & November 12, 1996 | Somewhere Along the Way | Quintet | TCB | |
| & November 20, 1996 | Jazz Anecdotes | Venus | ||
| Person-ified | HighNote | |||
| Let's Call This Monk | Double-Time | |||
| & January 4, 1997 | Roots | Astor Place | ||
| The Bass and I | Somethin' Else | |||
| The Opening Round | Savant | |||
| -February 27, 1997 | Monk on Monk | N2K Encoded Music | ||
| Blowing the Blues Away | HighNote | |||
| Too Soon To Tell | One for All featuring Eric Alexander | Sharp Nine | ||
| Midnight Creeper | HighNote | |||
| As We Are Now | Blue Note | |||
| A Star for You | Reservoir | |||
| Poinciana | Reservoir | |||
| Slammin' & Jammin | Savant | |||
| Alexander the Great | HighNote | |||
| & May 15, 1997 | My Favorite Colors | Ninety-One | ||
| Dancing in the Dark | Reservoir | |||
| & July 1, 1997 | Road Tested | and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone | |
| Cookin' with the Mighty Burner | HighNote | |||
| Here Again | Trio | Sharp Nine | ||
| To Be There | Amosaya | |||
| & August 22, 1997 | Trios | Reservoir | ||
| All in the Family | and "Papa" John DeFrancesco | HighNote | ||
| Standards + Plus | Double-Time | |||
| So That's How It Is | Reservoir | |||
| & September 15, 1997 | The Missouri Connection | and John Hicks | Reservoir | |
| & October 7, 1997 | Dedication | Reservoir | ||
| In the Now | HighNote | |||
| In the Red | HighNote | |||
| & December 2, 1997 | New Beginnings | Quartet | TCB | |
| Secret Places | Joken | |||
| To Each His Own | Double-Time | |||
| Detour Ahead | HighNote | |||
| & February 17, 1998 | Optimism | One for All | Sharp Nine | |
| & February 24, 1998 | After Dark | Milestone | ||
| , May 1, 1998, August 3, 1999 & August 27, 2002 | Hope Is in the Air: The Music of Elmo Hope | New Stories | Origin Records | |
| & May 19, 1998 | Straight Up | Milestone | ||
| The Champ: Dedicated to Jimmy Smith | HighNote | |||
| Monk, Trane, Miles & Me | HighNote | |||
| The Champ: Round 2 | HighNote | |||
| My Romance | HighNote | |||
| & October 2, 1998 | MultiColored Blue | Hep Jazz | ||
| Joey DeFrancesco Plays Sinatra His Way | HighNote | |||
| The Philadelphia Connection: A Tribute to Don Patterson | HighNote | |||
| & October 20, 1998 | Countdown | Reservoir | ||
| A Very Good Year | Reservoir | |||
| & November 17, 1998 | Crunch Time | and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone | |
| Hammer Time | Sharp Nine | |||
| Chillin' | HighNote | |||
| Stomp | HighNote | |||
| Soft Lights | HighNote | |||
| Escapade | HighNote | |||
| & May 11, 1999 | New Directions | , Jason Moran, Greg Osby and Mark Shim | Blue Note | |
| New High | HighNote | |||
| & September 29, 1999 | McGriff's House Party | Milestone | ||
| If Only For One Night | with Najee | HighNote | ||
| & November 17, 1999 | The Satchmo Legacy | Enja | ||
| Recording Date | Album | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| In a Sentimental Mood | HighNote | ||
| & February 9, 2000 | The World of Hank Crawford | Milestone | |
| Inner Urge | HighNote | ||
| Reflections | Quartet | HighNote | |
| Ladies Man | HighNote | ||
| Moment to Moment | Venus | ||
| Keepers of the Flame | Tribute Band | HighNote | |
| -July 12, 2000 | Ya Gotta Try | Boston Brass | Summit |
| Dialogues | and Ron Carter | HighNote | |
| -October 19, 2000 | Feelin' It | Milestone | |
| Artistic License | Savant | ||
| The Second Milestone | Milestone | ||
| I Think of You | CAP | ||
| & March 12, 2001 | Haunted Heart | HighNote | |
| Simple Pleasure | HighNote | ||
| The Promise Land | HighNote | ||
| & April 25, 2001 | Keep That Groove Going! | Milestone | |
| Blue Velvet | HighNote | ||
| & October 23, 2001 | McGriff Avenue | Milestone | |
| Cedars of Avalon | HighNote | ||
| So Little Time | Two and Four | ||
| Sentimental Journey | HighNote | ||
| Latin Tinge | HighNote | ||
| Tina May Sings the Ray Bryant Songbook | 33 Jazz | ||
| A Fine Spring Morning | CAP | ||
| Powder Keg | Two and Four | ||
| Social Call | HighNote | ||
| & April 24 and 25, 2005 | Memories of T | 's Monk Legacy Septet | Concord Jazz |
| Song for the New Man | HighNote | ||
| Smokin' Out Loud | Savant | ||
| To Etta with Love | HighNote | ||
| Griot Libertè | HighNote | ||
| The Spirits Up Above | HighNote | ||
| Dead Center | HighNote | ||
| Wishing on the Moon | Sunnyside | ||
| You Taught My Heart to Sing | with Bill Charlap | HighNote | |
| I Remember Brother Ray | HighNote | ||
| & October 21, 2004 | Dedicated to You | Origin | |
| Put on a Happy Face | Savant | ||
| Fun House | Savant | ||
| The Big Push | HighNote | ||
| Night Song | Savant | ||
| All Soul | HighNote | ||
| It's All in the Game | HighNote | ||
| Just Between Friends | and Ron Carter | HighNote | |
| Reflections | HighNote | ||
| Sweet Love of Mine | HighNote | ||
| One Flight Down | HighNote | ||
| How Little We Know | Big Bridge Music | ||
| Keep Searchin' | HighNote | ||
| & May 18, 2006 | Music Maestro Please | with the Bill Charlap Trio | HighNote |
| Cry for Peace | Blujazz | ||
| Blue Fable | HighNote | ||
| & December 7, 2006 | Light On | HighNote | |
| Temple of Olympic Zeus | HighNote | ||
| Thinking of You | HighNote | ||
| Tippin' | Savant | ||
| The Offering | HighNote | ||
| Across the Tracks | Concord Jazz | ||
| Seasoned Wood | HighNote | ||
| The Blessing | HighNote | ||
| The Observer | Jon Irabagon | Concord Jazz | |
| & April 28, 2009 | Revival of the Fittest | HighNote | |
| -April 25, 2009 | Yesterday You Said Tomorrow | Concord Jazz | |
| Voices Deep Within | HighNote | ||
| Mellow | HighNote | ||
| Men of Honor | HighNote | ||
| Moment to Moment | HighNote | ||
| The Talented Mr. Pelt | HighNote | ||
| Don't Follow the Crowd | HighNote | ||
| & December 19, 2010 | Above All | Sunnyside | |
| The Bouncer | HighNote | ||
| So Nice | HighNote | ||
| Ithamara Koorax Sings Getz/Gilberto | Jazz Vision | ||
| Wonderful! Wonderful! | HighNote | ||
| Mr. Lucky | HighNote | ||
| Naturally | HighNote | ||
| Touching | HighNote | ||
| One for Rudy | HighNote | ||
| Nice 'n' Easy | HighNote | ||
| Chicago Fire | HighNote | ||
| The Melody Lingers On | HighNote | ||
| Something Personal | HighNote | ||
| The Real Thing | HighNote | ||
| Chemistry | and Ron Carter | HighNote | |
| Ithamara Koorax Sings the Jazz Masters | Jazz Vision | ||
| & April 2, 2017 | The Masquerade is Over | Double Piano Quartet | Venus |
| Rain or Shine | HighNote | ||
| Remember Love | and Ron Carter | HighNote | |
| -December 2018 | Blue Dawn-Blue Nights | HighNote | |