Van Gelder Studio

American jazz recording studio

United States historic place

Van Gelder Studio

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Van Gelder Studio in 2022

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Location| 445 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°52′34″N 73°57′7″W﻿ / ﻿40.87611°N 73.95194°W﻿ / 40.87611; -73.95194
NRHP reference No.| 100007644[1][2]
NJRHP No.| 5626[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| April 25, 2022
Designated NJRHP| March 10, 2022

The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States.[4] 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.[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022, for its significance in performing arts and engineering.[6]

## Background

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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."[7]

In July 1959, Van Gelder moved to a new facility in Englewood Cliffs.[8] 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's 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).[9]

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.[10]

The new structure with a 39-foot ceiling[8] and fine acoustics, designed by the architect David Henken and inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright,[11] 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."[12] "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."[13]

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).[14]

For its significance in the history of jazz music, the Van Gelder Studio was entered in to the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022. The nomination was prepared by a group of historic preservationists, Peggy Norris, H. Michael Gelfand, and Jennifer Rothschild, and the music historian Ashley Kahn.

## List of recording sessions

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The following table lists recording sessions for albums held at the studio.[15]

### 1950s

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Further information: List of recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in 1950s

### 1960s

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Further information: List of recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in 1960s

### 1970s

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Recording Date  | Album  | Artist  | Label

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1970 | Portrait of Jenny | Dizzy Gillespie | Perception
January 2, 1970 | Drives | Lonnie Smith | Blue Note
January 9, 1970 | Everything I Play Is Funky | Lou Donaldson | Blue Note
January 12, 1970 | Dateline | Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers | Prestige
January 16, 1970 & January 23, 1970 | Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill | Andrew Hill | Blue Note
January 26, 1970 | Greasy Kid Stuff! | Harold Mabern | Prestige
January 27, 1970 & January 28 and 29, 1970 | Red Clay | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
January 30, 1970 | Green Is Beautiful | Grant Green | Blue Note
February 2, 1970 | Night Lights | Gene Ammons | Prestige
February 9, 1970 | Extensions | McCoy Tyner | Blue Note
February 13, 1970 & April 10, 1970 | It Could Only Happen with You | Duke Pearson | Blue Note
February 16, 1970 | Right On Brother | Boogaloo Joe Jones | Prestige
February 23, 1970 | Truth! | Houston Person | Prestige
March 6, 1970 & March 13, 1970 | Lift Every Voice | Andrew Hill | Blue Note
March 16, 1970, April 23, 24 and 29, 1970 & May 8, 20 and 22, 1970 | Stone Flower | Antônio Carlos Jobim | CTI
March 16, 1970, April 23, 24 and 29, 1970 & May 8, 20 and 22, 1970 | Tide | Antônio Carlos Jobim | A&M
March 18, 1970 | Black Magic! | Sonny Phillips | Prestige
March 25, 1970, March 26, 1970 & May 12, 1970 | Gula Matari | Quincy Jones | A&M
April 6, 1970 | Afro-Disiac | Charles Kynard | Prestige
April 8, 1970 & June 18, 1970 | That Healin' Feelin' | Horace Silver | Blue Note
April 27, 1970 & June 29, 1970 | Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow | Billy Butler | Prestige
May 15, 1970 | Electric Byrd | Donald Byrd | Blue Note
June 1, 1970 | Black Drops | Charles Earland | Prestige
June 15, 1970 | Soul Liberation | Rusty Bryant | Prestige
July 1, 1970 & July 2, 1970 | Joe Farrell Quartet | Joe Farrell | CTI
July 16, 1970 & July 22, 1970 | Black Out | Fats Theus | CTI
July 17, 1970 | Coalition | Elvin Jones | Blue Note
July 21, 1970 | Cosmos | McCoy Tyner | Blue Note
July 27, 1970 | Black on Black! | Sonny Phillips | Prestige
July 31, 1970 | Thinking of Home | Hank Mobley | Blue Note
September 10, 1970 | Asante | McCoy Tyner | Blue Note
September 14, 1970 | Sparks! | Melvin Sparks | Prestige
September 18, 1970 & September 25, 1970 | A Groovy Situation | Reuben Wilson | Blue Note
September 21, 1970 | Here It 'Tis | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Prestige
October 12, 1970 | Person to Person! | Houston Person | Prestige
November 1970 | Sugar | Stanley Turrentine | CTI
November 2, 1970 | Black Rhythm Revolution! | Idris Muhammad | Prestige
November 11, 1970 | The Black Cat! | Gene Ammons | Prestige
November 15, 1970 & January 29, 1971 | Total Response | Horace Silver | Blue Note
November 16, 1970 | Straight Life | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
November 23, 1970 | No Way! | Boogaloo Joe Jones | Prestige
December 1, 1970 & December 11, 1970 | Afro-Classic | Hubert Laws | CTI
December 7, 1970 | Sneak Preview! | Leon Spencer Jr. | Prestige
December 14, 1970 | Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) | Charles Kynard | Prestige
December 21, 1970 | Night Life | Billy Butler | Prestige
1971 | He's Coming | Roy Ayers Ubiquity  | Polydor
1971 | Funk, Inc. | Funk, Inc. | Prestige
January 4, 1971 | Turn It On! | Sonny Stitt | Prestige
January 11, 1971 | Purdie Good! | Bernard Purdie | Prestige
January 13, 1971, February 1 and 4, March 19 & April 6, 1971 | Gilberto with Turrentine | Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine  | CTI
February 1971, March 9, 1971 & April 23, 1971 | The Sugar Man | Stanley Turrentine | CTI
February 2, 1971 & February 3, 1971 | Beyond the Blue Horizon | George Benson | CTI
February 8, 1971 | You Talk That Talk! | Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt  | Prestige
February 12, 1971 | Genesis | Elvin Jones | Blue Note
February 12, 1971 & December 16, 1971 | Merry-Go-Round | Elvin Jones | Blue Note
February 22, 1971 | Fire Eater | Rusty Bryant | Prestige
March 1, 1971 & March 8, 1971 | Spark Plug | Melvin Sparks | Prestige
April 3, 1971 and May 3, 1971 | Soul Story | Charles Earland | Prestige
April 8, 1971 & April 9, 1971 | Houston Express | Houston Person | Prestige
April 12, 1971 | What's Going On | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Prestige
April 23, 1971 & July 7 and 13, 1971 | Salt Song | Stanley Turrentine | CTI
April 28, 1971 & May 11 and 25, 1971 | God Bless the Child | Kenny Burrell | CTI
May 17, 1971 | Things Have Got to Change | Archie Shepp | Impulse!
May 21, 1971 | Visions | Grant Green | Blue Note
June 3, 1971 & June 4, 1971 | Breakout | Johnny Hammond | Kudu
June 8, 1971 & June 10 and 25, 1971 | The Rite of Spring | Hubert Laws | CTI
July 7, 1971 | Louisiana Slim | Leon Spencer | Prestige
July 9, 1971 | Black Vibrations | Sonny Stitt | Prestige
July 14, 1971 & July 15, 1971 | Mama Wailer | Lonnie Smith | CTI
July 16, 1971 | Cosmos | Lou Donaldson | Blue Note
July 23, 1971 | Set Us Free | Reuben Wilson | Blue Note
July 26, 1971 | My Way | Gene Ammons | Prestige
August 1971 | Gatorade | Willis Jackson | Prestige
August 16, 1971 | What It Is | Boogaloo Joe Jones | Prestige
September 1971 | Inner City Blues | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
September 13, 1971 & September 20, 1971 | Peace and Rhythm | Idris Muhammad | Prestige
September 14, 1971, September 15, 1971 & September 16, 1971 | First Light | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
September 17, 1971 & September 18, 1971 | Lee Morgan: The Last Session | Lee Morgan | Blue Note
September 30, 1971 & October 1, 1971 | Flute-In | Bobbi Humphrey | Blue Note
October 4, 1971 | Wild Fire | Rusty Bryant | Prestige
October 11, 1971 | Shaft | Bernard Purdie | Prestige
October 1971 & November, 1971 | Wild Horses Rock Steady | Johnny Hammond | Kudu
November 1971 | White Rabbit | George Benson | CTI
November 4, 1971 | Outback | Joe Farrell | CTI
December 1971 | From a Whisper to a Scream | Esther Phillips | Kudu
December 8, 1971 | Village of the Pharoahs | Pharoah Sanders | Impulse!
December 16, 1971 & December 17, 1971 | Shades of Green (horn overdubs)  | Grant Green | Blue Note
January 1972 | Help Me Make It Through the Night | Hank Crawford | Kudu
January 17, 1972 & February 14, 1972 | All | Horace Silver | Blue Note
January 20, 1972 & January 21, 1972 | Two Headed Freap | Ronnie Foster | Blue Note
February 14, 1972 & February 21, 1972 | Akilah! | Melvin Sparks | Prestige
February 15, 1972 | Goin' Down Slow | Sonny Stitt | Prestige
February 16, 1972 & February 17, 1972 | Intensity | Charles Earland | Prestige
February 16, 1972, February 17, 1972 & February 14, 1973 | Charles III | Charles Earland | Prestige
February 17, 1972 | Hollow Out | Elvin Jones and Masabumi Kikuchi | Philips
February 22, 1972 | Bad Walking Woman | Leon Spencer | Prestige
February 22, 1972 & January 26, 1973 | Where I'm Coming From | Leon Spencer | Prestige
March 1972 & April, 1972 | Blue Moses | Randy Weston | CTI
March 2, 1972 & March 3, 1972 | Natural Illusions | Bobby Hutcherson | Blue Note
March 18, 1972 | Chicken Lickin' | Funk, Inc.  | Prestige
March 23, 1972 & April 12, 13 and 20, 1972 | Free | Airto Moreira | CTI
April 12, 1972 | Polar AC | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
May 1972 | Hello Sunshine | B. C. & M. Choir  | Salvation
May 1972 & June 1972 | All the King's Horses | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
May 1, 1972 | Broken Windows, Empty Hallways | Houston Person | Prestige
May 17, 1972, & May 18 and 24, 1972 | Cherry | Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson | CTI
May 23, 1972 & July 28, 1972 | Child's Dance | Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers  | Prestige
June 6, 1972 & June 7, 8 and 20 1972 | Time & Love | Jackie & Roy | CTI
June 22, 1972 | Ca'Purange | Dexter Gordon | Prestige
June 22, 1972 & June 28, 1972 | Tangerine | Dexter Gordon | Prestige
July 1972, September, 1972 & October, 1972 | Alone Again, Naturally | Esther Phillips | Kudu
July 12, 1972 & July 13, 1972 | Mr. Jones | Elvin Jones | Blue Note
July 17, 1972 | Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers | Rusty Bryant | Prestige
July 22, 1972 | Generation | Dexter Gordon | Prestige
September 1972 & November, 1972 | Morning Star | Hubert Laws | CTI
September 11, 1972 & November 7, 1972 | Sweet Buns & Barbeque | Houston Person | Prestige
September 12, 1972 & September 13 and 14, 1972 | Prelude | Eumir Deodato | CTI
September 21, 1972, September 28, 1972 & October 10, 1972 | We Got a Good Thing Going | Hank Crawford | Kudu
October 4, 1972 & October 5, 1972 | Sky Dive | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
October 6, 1972 & November 10, 1972 | In Pursuit of the 27th Man | Horace Silver | Blue Note
October 28, 1972, October 30 & November 1, 1972 | Got My Own | Gene Ammons | Prestige
October 28, 1972, October 30 & November 1, 1972 | Big Bad Jug | Gene Ammons | Prestige
November 7, 1972 & February 2, 1973 | Midnight Rider | Maynard Parker | Prestige
November 21, 1972 | Moon Germs | Joe Farrell | CTI
November 24, 1972 | Snake Rhythm Rock | Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones | Prestige
November 29, 1972 & November 30, 1972 | The Prophet | Johnny Hammond | Kudu
December 1972 | Mizrab | Gábor Szabó | CTI
December 1, 1972 | Hangin' Out | Funk, Inc.  | Prestige
December 12, 1972 & December 13, 1972 | Sunflower | Milt Jackson | CTI
January 1973 | Forecast | Eric Gale | Kudu
January 10, 1973 | Blues Farm | Ron Carter | CTI
February 7, 1973 | Last Bolero in Berkeley | Cal Tjader | Fantasy
February 8, 1973 & February 9, 1973 | Primo | Cal Tjader | Fantasy
March 1973 | Soul Box | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
March 9, 1973 | For the Good Times | Rusty Bryant | Prestige
March 14, 1973, March 15, 1973 & June 7 and 8, 1973 | Don't Mess with Mister T. | Stanley Turrentine | CTI
April 1973 & May 1973 | Giant Box | Don Sebesky | CTI
April 9, 1973 & April 17 and 18, 1973 | Fingers | Airto Moreira | CTI
April 12, 1973 & May 16, 1973 | Deodato 2 | Eumir Deodato | CTI
June 28, 1973 & June 29, 1973 | Wildflower | Hank Crawford | Kudu
July 1973 | Black-Eyed Blues | Esther Phillips | Kudu
July 17, 1973 & July 18, 1973 | Body Talk | George Benson | CTI
September 1973 | Rambler | Gábor Szabó | CTI
October 1973 | Penny Arcade | Joe Farrell | CTI
October 5, 1973 & October 23, 1973 | Keep Your Soul Together | Freddie Hubbard | CTI
October 24, 1973 | All Blues | Ron Carter | CTI
October 31, 1973 & November 1, 1973 | Higher Ground | Johnny Hammond | Kudu
November 27, 1973, November 28, 1973 & December 4, 1973 | Skylark | Paul Desmond | CTI
December 1973 & December 12, 1972 | Goodbye | Milt Jackson and Herbert Laws  | CTI
December 1973 | A Wilder Alias | Jackie Cain and Roy Kral | CTI
January 9, 1974 & January 10, 1974 | Olinga | Milt Jackson | CTI
February 1974-April, 1974 | One | Bob James | CTI
February 6, 1974 & February 7, 8 and 11, 1975 | In the Beginning | Hubert Laws | CTI
March 1974 | Power of Soul | Idris Muhammad | Kudu
March 1974 | Upon This Rock | Joe Farrell | CTI
April 22, 1974, May 29 and 30, 1974 & June 20, 1974 | Bad Benson | George Benson | CTI
May 1974 | Performance | Esther Phillips | Kudu
June 1974 | Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing | Hank Crawford | Kudu
July 17, 1974, October 31, 1974 & November 1, 1974 | She Was Too Good to Me | Chet Baker | CTI
September 1974, & January–March 1975 | Upchurch/Tennyson | Phil Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens  | Kudu
September 24, 1974 & September 25 and 26, 1974 | Pure Desmond | Paul Desmond | CTI
November 1974 | Mister Magic | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
November 1974 & December, 1974 | Canned Funk | Joe Farrell | CTI
November 18, 1974 | Spanish Blue | Ron Carter | CTI
December 1974 & January, 1975 | Two | Bob James | CTI
January 1975–April, 1975 | The Chicago Theme | Hubert Laws | CTI
March 10, 1975, & March 11 and 17 1975 | Beck | Joe Beck | Kudu
April 1975 & May 1975 | The Rape of El Morro | Don Sebesky | CTI
April 16, 1975 & April 23, 1975 | Concierto | Jim Hall | CTI
April 22, 1975, & April 24 and 28, 1975 | What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | Esther Phillips and Joe Beck  | Kudu
May 1975 & July, 1975 | Feels So Good | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
June 1975 & July, 1975 | Anything Goes | Ron Carter | Kudu
June 1975 & July, 1975 | I Hear a Symphony | Hank Crawford | Kudu
June 18, 1975, June 19 and 27, September 23 & October 8, 1975 | House of the Rising Sun | Idris Muhammad | Kudu
July 1, 1975, July 8, October 9 & December 4 and 5, 1975 | Good King Bad | George Benson | CTI
July 1975 & October, 1975 | Pacific Fire | George Benson | CTI
October 17, 1975, November 14, 1975 & December 8, 1975 | For All We Know | Esther Phillips and Joe Beck  | Kudu
November 1975 & January, 1976 | Three | Bob James | CTI
January 20, 1976, January 21, 1976 & March 12, 1976 | Benson & Farrell | George Benson and Joe Farrell | CTI
March 19, 1976 | The Main Attraction | Grant Green | Kudu
April 1976–June, 1976 | End of a Rainbow | Patti Austin | CTI
May 17, 1976, & May 18 and 20, 1976 | Yellow & Green | Ron Carter | CTI
May 24, 1976, May 25 and 26 & June 18, 1976 | Velvet Darkness | Allan Holdsworth | CTI
July 1976, October, 1976 and November 1976 | The Fox | Urbie Green | CTI
October 1976 | A Secret Place | Grover Washington Jr. | Kudu
October 18, 1976, October 20, 1976 & December 21, 1976 | Towering Toccata | Lalo Schifrin | CTI
May 1976–December, 1976 | Capricorn Princess | Esther Phillips | Kudu
November 1976 & December, 1976 | BJ4 | Bob James | CTI
1977 | Smokin' | Charlie Earland | Muse
1977 | Mama Roots | Charlie Earland | Muse
January 1977 | Crawl Space | Art Farmer | CTI
June 1977 | Shippin' Out | "Groove" Holmes | Muse
June 23, 1977 | My Mother's Eyes | Etta Jones | Muse
July 11, 1977 | Brief Encounter | Eddie Daniels | Muse
September 12, 1977 | Wild Flower | Houston Person | Muse
September 19, 1977 & September 21, 1977 | Roadsong | Vic Juris | Muse
October 31, 1977 | Everything Must Change | Johnny Lytle | Muse
November 1977 | The Nearness of You | Houston Person | Muse
November 9, 1977 | I Concentrate on You | Sonny Phillips | Muse
November 16, 1977, November 18, 21 & 22, 1977 | Peg Leg | Ron Carter | Milestone
November 12, 1977, & November 17, 25 and 30, 1977 | Silver 'n Percussion | Horace Silver | Blue Note
December 21, 1977 | Bar Wars | Willis Jackson | Muse
1978 | Infant Eyes | Charlie Earland | Muse
January 4, 1978 & January 5, 1978 | Now | Eric Kloss | Muse
January 10, 1978 | Home | Bill Hardman | Muse
January 25, 1978 | Groovin' High | Hank Jones | Muse
January 26, 1978 | Why Not... | Don Patterson | Muse
April 28, 1978 | Single Action | Willis Jackson with Pat Martino  | Muse
June 1978 | A Song for You | Ron Carter | Milestone
June 21, 1978 | If You Could See Me Now | Etta Jones | Muse
June 23, 1978 | Mister Mysterious | Mickey Tucker | Muse
August 1, 1978 | Manhattan Plaza | Ricky Ford | Muse
August 5, 1978 | Sunstroke | Charlie Shoemake | Muse
August 7, 1978 | L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples | Roscoe Mitchell | Nessa
September 6, 1978 | Keeper of the Flame | Richie Cole | Muse
September 13, 1978 | Thundering | David Schnitter | Muse
November 3, 1978, November 10, 1978, October 26, 1979 & November 2, 1979 | Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres | Horace Silver | Blue Note
December 1978 | Pick 'Em | Ron Carter | Milestone
March 1979 | Parade | Ron Carter | Milestone
March 15, 1979 & March 16, 1979 | Conception: The Gift of Love | Bobby Hutcherson | Columbia
April 24, 1979 & April 25, 1979 | Horizon | McCoy Tyner | Milestone
May 1979 | In a Temple Garden | Yusef Lateef | CTI
May 4, 1979 & June 27, 1979 | The Plot Thickens | Jim McNeely | Gatemouth
May 21, 1979 | Spirit Catcher | Leo Smith | Nessa
June 7, 1979 | Good Cookin' | Junior Cook | Muse
June 13, 1979 & June 14 and 20, 1979 | Very R.A.R.E. | Elvin Jones | Trio
August 1979 | La Cuna | Ray Barretto | CTI
December 1979 | New York Slick | Ron Carter | Milestone

### 1980s

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Recording Date  | Album  | Artist  | Label

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1980 | Pleasant Afternoon | Charlie Earland | Muse
1980 | Touch of Silk | Eric Gale | Columbia
January 29, 1980 & January 30, 1980 | Soul Survivors | Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
March 3, 1980, March 5 and 6, 1980, & May 29, 1980 | Quartets 4 X 4 | McCoy Tyner | Milestone
April 24, 1980 | Suspicions | Houston Person | Muse
April 24, 1980 | Flying Colors | Ricky Ford | Muse
May 1980 & June 1980 | Fuse One | Fuse One  | CTI
May 19, 1980 & May 20, 1980 | Patrão | Ron Carter | Milestone
June 20, 1980 | Nothing Butt... | Willis Jackson | Muse
July 8, 1980 | Save Your Love for Me | Etta Jones | Muse
August 29, 1980 | Very PERSONal | Houston Person | Muse
September 12, 1980 | Kabsha | Idris Muhammad | Theresa
September 24, 1980 | Dannie Richmond Quintet | Dannie Richmond | Gatemouth
September 29, 1980 | Parfait | Ron Carter | Milestone
December 2, 1980 | Broadway | Groove Holmes | Muse
December 19, 1980 & February 4, 1981 | City Lights | Jimmy McGriff | JAM
December 19, 1980 & June 23 and 24, 1981 | Movin' Upside the Blues | Jimmy McGriff | JAM
1981 | La Leyenda de La Hora | McCoy Tyner | Columbia
January 7, 1981 | Sweet Poppa Lou | Lou Donaldson | Muse
March 18, 1981 | In Style | Sonny Stitt | Muse
March 31, 1981 | Mellifluous | Mel Lewis | Gatemouth
April 6, 1981 & July 1, 1981 | Tenor for the Times | Ricky Ford | Muse
May 31, 1981 | Clean Sweep | John McNeil | SteepleChase
June 4, 1981 | Textures | Albert Dailey | Muse
June 11, 1981 & June 12, 1981 | New York Concerto | Joe Chambers and Friends featuring Yoshiaki Masuo  | Baystate
June 12, 1981 | Somethin's Cookin' | Junior Cook | Muse
July 7, 1981 | Politely | Bill Hardman | Muse
September 21, 1981-September 24, 1981 | Silk | Fuse One  | CTI
September 25, 1981 | Away from the Crowd | Charlie Shoemake | Discovery
September 30, 1981 | Urban Dreams | Pepper Adams | Palo Alto
February 9, 1982 | 1st Place | Jimmy Knepper | BlackHawk
February 10, 1982 | Earth Jones | Elvin Jones | Palo Alto
February 11, 1982 | Play of Light | Tom Harrell | BlackHawk
February 17, 1982 | Four in One | Sphere | Elektra/Musician
February 22, 1982 | Interpretations | Ricky Ford | Muse
March 1982-April, 1982 | Studio Trieste | Chet Baker, Jim Hall and Hubert Laws | CTI
March 2, 1982 | Little Jazz Bird | Meredith D'Ambrosio | Palo Alto
April 13, 1982 & April 14, 1982 | Love & Peace | Elvin Jones-McCoy Tyner Quintet  | Trio
June 1982-July, 1982 | Gershwin Carmichael Cats | Roland Hanna | CTI
June 24, 1982 | Heavy Juice | Houston Person | Muse
September 1982 | Etudes | Ron Carter | Elektra/Musician
September 24, 1982 | Cross Roads | Charlie Shoemake Sextet  | Discovery
November 2, 1982 | The Bash | Bruce Forman | Muse
December 7, 1982 & December 8, 1982 | Time Speaks | Benny Golson with Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw | Baystate
1983 | Flight Path | Sphere  | Elektra/Musician
1983 | Spirit | Malachi Thompson | Delmark
February 9, 1983 | Future's Gold | Ricky Ford | Muse
April 8, 1983 | Timeless Heart | Timeless All Stars  | Timeless
April 27, 1983 & April 28, 1983 | Countdown | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
May 19, 1983 | The Gentle Monster | Haywood Henry featuring Joe Newman and Hank Jones | Uptown
June 18, 1983 | Two at the Top | Frank Wess and Johnny Coles | Uptown
July 11, 1983 | Look Stop Listen | Philly Joe Jones Dameronia featuring Johnny Griffin | Uptown
July 19, 1983-July 22, 1983 | Captain Blued | Jack Wilkins | CTI
October 7, 1983 | Memories and Dreams | Sathima Bea Benjamin | BlackHawk
November 12, 1983 | The Music of Kenny Dorham | Don Sickler | Uptown
November 17, 1983 | Ekaya (Home) | Abdullah Ibrahim | Ekaya
December 1, 1983 | Setting Standards | Woody Shaw | Muse
December 9, 1983 & December 10, 1983 | The Rose Tattoo | Freddie Hubbard | Baystate
January 21, 1984 & January 22, 1984 | Social Call | Charlie Rouse and Red Rodney | Uptown
January 24, 1984-January 26, 1984 | Red On Red | Claudio Roditi with Kenia  | CTI
February 4, 1984 | The Ole Dude & The Fundance Kid | Budd Johnson and Phil Woods | Uptown
February 7, 1984 | Comin' Home | Larry Coryell | Muse
March 8, 1984 | Incandescent | Charlie Shoemake Sextet featuring Phil Woods  | Discovery
April 23, 1984 & April 24, 1984 | 1+1+1 | Kenny Barron and Ron Carter / Michael Moore | BlackHawk
April 28, 1984 | Just Jazz | Buddy Tate and Al Grey | Uptown
May 1984 | High Horse | Urszula | CTI
May 18, 1984 & May 19 and 29, 1984 | Road Warriors | Les McCann and Houston Person  | CTI
June 2, 1984 & June 3, 1984 | One of a Kind | Don Joseph featuring Al Cohn | Uptown
July 1984 & August, 1984 | Creation | Roger Kellaway featuring Houston Person  | Greene Street
August 28, 1984 | Shorter Ideas | Ricky Ford | Muse
November 7, 1984, November 8 and 9, 1984 & February 11, 1985 | Transblucency | Maria Muldaur | Uptown
November 17, 1984 & December 6, 1988 | Exhilaration | Peter Leitch | Uptown
December 14, 1984 | Autumn in New York | Kenny Barron | Uptown
December 20, 1984 & December 21, 1984 | Living Room | Mark Murphy | Muse
December 28, 1984 | Introducing Kenny Garrett | Kenny Garrett | Criss Cross Jazz
1985 | Just Be Yourself | Curtis Lundy | New Note
January 2, 1985 | Opalessence | Hod O'Brien Quintet featuring Tom Harrell and Pepper Adams  | Criss Cross Jazz
January 8, 1985 | Equipoise | Larry Coryell | Muse
January 18, 1985 & January 19, 1985 | Lonely City | Freddie Redd | Uptown
January 25, 1985 | Generations | Pepper Adams and Frank Foster | Muse
January 27, 1985 | Claudio! | Claudio Roditi | Uptown
April 1985 & June, 1985 | Good Morning Kiss | Carmen Lundy | BlackHawk
April 8, 1985–April 13, 1985 | Ron Carter Plays Bach | Ron Carter | Philips
April 14, 1985 | Means of Identification | Valery Ponomarev | Reservoir
June 7, 1985 & June 8, 1985 | O.T.B. | Out of the Blue | Blue Note
June 17, 1985 | Windsong | Sathima Bea Benjamin | BlackHawk
June 18, 1985 & June 20, 1985 | New Picture | Jimmy Heath | Landmark
June 25, 1985 & June 26, 1985 | The Adams Effect | Pepper Adams | Uptown
September 5, 1985 & September 6, 1985 | The Great Fontana | Carl Fontana | Uptown
October 1985 | Water from an Ancient Well | Abdullah Ibrahim | BlackHawk
November 16, 1985 | Red Zone | Peter Leitch | Reservoir
November 21, 1985 & November 22, 1985 | Double Take | Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw  | Blue Note
December 18, 1985 | Loverman: A Tribute to Billie Holiday | Lee Torchia | Jazz Ragas
December 21, 1985 | Round Trip | Ralph Moore | Reservoir
December 22, 1985 | Moon Alley | Tom Harrell Quintet featuring Kenny Garrett and Kenny Barron  | Criss Cross Jazz
December 23, 1985 | In Good Company | Ted Brown and Jimmy Raney | Criss Cross Jazz
December 30, 1985 | Wisteria | Jimmy Raney | Criss Cross Jazz
1986 | In a Sentimental Mood | Bob Stewart | Stash
January 2, 1986 & January 3, 1986 | Go for Whatcha Know | Jimmy Smith | Blue Note
February 14, 1986 | Looking Ahead | Ricky Ford | Muse
February 17, 1986 | What If? | Kenny Barron | Enja
March 24, 1986 | Solid | Woody Shaw | Muse
March 31, 1986 | Back Home | Warne Marsh | Criss Cross Jazz
April 3, 1986 | Dream Dancing | Jimmy Knepper | Criss Cross Jazz
April 4, 1986 | Presenting Michael Weiss | Michael Weiss | Criss Cross Jazz
May 1986-June, 1986 | Chris Hunter | Chris Hunter | Atlantic
May 24, 1986 & May 25, 1986 | Playing for Change | Jack Sheldon | Uptown
July 14, 1986, July 15, 1986, December 17, 1986 & March 3 and 4, 1987 | I'll Get By | Greg Marvin | Timeless
August 25, 1986 | The Left Bank of New York | Jimmy Gourley | Uptown
October 14, 1986 & October 15, 1986 | The Starting Five | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
October 19, 1986 | Looking Ahead | Ricky Ford | Muse
October 21, 1986 | Fine and Mellow | Etta Jones | Muse
October 27, 1986 | Make Someone Happy | Lonnie Liston Smith | Doctor Jazz
November 1986 | Movies | Franco Ambrosetti | Enja
November 4, 1986 | Ties of Love | Buddy Montgomery | Landmark
December 23, 1986 | Royal Ballads | Clifford Jordan Quartet  | Criss Cross Jazz
December 24, 1986 & December 26, 1986 | Kirk 'n Marcus | Kirk Lightsey Quintet featuring Marcus Belgrave | Criss Cross Jazz
December 27, 1986 | Peer Pressure | Brian Lynch Sextet  | Criss Cross Jazz
January 23, 1987 | The Talk of the Town | Houston Person | Muse
January 27, 1987 | 623 C Street | Ralph Moore Quartet  | Criss Cross Jazz
January 31, 1987 & February 1, 1987 | It Just So Happens | Ray Anderson | Enja
February 17, 1987 & February 18, 1987 | Peer Pleasure | Jimmy Heath | Landmark
February 19, 1987 | Verses | Wallace Roney | Muse
March 2, 1987 | Four for All | Sphere  | Verve
April 1987 | Don't Be Shy | Pete Malinverni Trio  | Sea Breeze Jazz
May 23, 1987 & May 24, 1987 | Good People | Jed Levy | Reservoir
June 4, 1987 & June 5, 1987 | Obeah | Santi Debriano | Free Lance
June 11, 1987 & June 12, 1987 | The Eternal Triangle | Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw  | Blue Note
June 15, 1987 & June 16, 1987 | Steppin' Up | Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff  | Milestone
June 17, 1987 | Henry B. Meets Alvin G. Once in a Wild | Spike Robinson and Al Cohn | Capri
June 19, 1987 | Mean Streets – No Bridges | Jimmy Ponder | Muse
June 24, 1987 | Imagination | Woody Shaw | Muse
June 26, 1987 | From Paradise (Small's) to Shangri-La  | Benny Waters | Muse
August 1987 | Very Well | Ron Carter | Deep Moat
August 8, 1987 & December 23, 1987 | Arcane | Cindy Blackman | Muse
August 13, 1987 | Ron Carter Presents Dado Moroni | Dado Moroni with Ron Carter  | EmArcy
September 4, 1987 | Saxotic Stomp | Ricky Ford | Muse
September 5, 1987 | LoveLight | Sathima Bea Benjamin | Enja
September 9, 1987 | Toku Do | Larry Coryell | Muse
September 10, 1987, September 11, 1987 & November 18, 1987 | Moving Forward | James Moody | RCA Novus
September 22, 1987 & September 24, 1987 | Harlem Blues | Donald Byrd | Landmark
September 23, 1987 | I'll Be Seeing You | Etta Jones | Muse
October 12, 1987 | Basics | Houston Person | Muse
November 29, 1987 & November 30, 1987 | In a Jazz Tradition | Eric Gale with Ron Carter  | EmArcy
December 1987 | Duo | Hank Jones and Red Mitchell | Timeless
December 11, 1987 | Evening Star | Joshua Breakstone featuring Tommy Flanagan and Jimmy Knepper | Contemporary
December 24, 1987 | Mixed Bag | Jim Snidero Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
December 30, 1987 & October 11, 1989 | Communications | Steve Nelson with Mulgrew Miller, Ray Drummond and Tony Reedus | Criss Cross Jazz
December 31, 1987 | Green Chimneys | Kenny Barron | Criss Cross Jazz
January 5, 1988 | New Outlook | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
January 6, 1988 | Intuition | Wallace Roney | Muse
January 11, 1988 | 'Bout Time | Mike LeDonne Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
February 19, 1988 | Rejuvenate! | Ralph Moore Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
February 22, 1988 | Prelude | Benny Green Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
February 24, 1988 | Blues All Day Long | Richard "Groove" Holmes | Muse
March 7, 1988 & March 8, 1988 | Mindif | Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja
March 12, 1988 | Bird Songs | Sphere  | Verve
March 15, 1988 | Bagg's Flight Home | Michael Musillami and Michael Moore | Alacra
March 22, 1988 & March 23, 1988 | Movies Too | Franco Ambrosetti | Enja
March 25, 1988 | The Re-Entry | Jack McDuff | Muse
March 28, 1988 | Jump | Jimmy Ponder | Muse
March 29, 1988 | All Alone | Ron Carter | EmArcy
April 1988 | Superblue | Superblue | Blue Note
April 11, 1988 | Trip to Moscow | Valery Ponomarev | Reservoir
April 27, 1988, April 28, 1988 & May 9, 1988 | I Remember | Dianne Reeves | Blue Note
May 6, 1988 & May 7, 1988 | I'm Walkin' | Harumi Kaneko with Ron Carter  | EmArcy
May 16, 1988 & May 17, 1988 | The New Al Grey Quintet | Al Grey | Chiaroscuro
May 31, 1988 | Gotstabe a Better Way! | James Spaulding | Muse
June 10, 1988 | Bopera House | John Marshall and Tardo Hammer | V.S.O.P.
June 27, 1988 & June 28, 1988 | Front Burner | Charles Earland | Milestone
July 6, 1988 & July 7, 1988 | Soul Mates | Charlie Rouse and Sahib Shihab | Uptown
July 19, 1988 & July 20, 1988 | Blue to the 'Bone | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
July 26, 1988 | To Reach a Dream | Jimmy Ponder | Muse
August 27, 1988 & August 28, and 30, 1988 | Art Deco | Don Cherry | A&M
September 1988-October, 1988 | Night Beat | Hank Crawford | Milestone
September 12, 1988 & September 13, 1988 | Raincheck | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
September 27, 1988 | Between Me and You | Michael Carvin | Muse
November 25, 1988 | Brilliant Corners | James Spaulding | Muse
December 11, 1988 & February 4, 1989 | Renee Rosnes | Renee Rosnes | Blue Note
December 15, 1988 & December 17, 1988 | Images | Ralph Moore | Landmark
December 30, 1988 | Portraits and Dedications | Peter Leitch Sextet featuring Bobby Watson | Criss Cross Jazz
December 29, 1988 & January 2, 1989 | In This Direction | Benny Green Trio  | Criss Cross Jazz
January 5, 1989 & January 7, 1989 | Higher Ground | Bill Barron | Joken
January 6, 1989 & January 7, 1989 | Trio | Judy Carmichael | C&D
January 10, 1989 & January 11, 1989 | Mitchell's Talking | Red Mitchell | Capri
January 17, 1989 & January 19, 1989 | Jazz Poet | Tommy Flanagan | Timeless
January 17, 1989 & January 19, 1989 | Please Request Again | Super Jazz Trio  | Timeless
January 18, 1989 | Self-Portrait in Swing | Joshua Breakstone Quartet  | Contemporary
January 25, 1989 & January 26, 1989 | Christopher Hollyday | Christopher Hollyday | RCA Novus
January 30, 1989 & January 31, 1989 | Eternal Spirit | Andrew Hill | Blue Note
February 13, 1989 | Squeeze Me! | Clark Terry Spacemen  | Chiaroscuro
February 23, 1989 | Something in Common | Houston Person and Ron Carter  | Muse
February 24, 1989 | Hard Groovin' | Ricky Ford | Muse
March 1, 1989 & July 18, 1990 | Another Real Good'Un | Jack McDuff | Savoy
March 3, 1989 | The Standard Bearer | Wallace Roney | Muse
March 8, 1989 & March 9, 1989 | Something More | Buster Williams Quintet  | In + Out
March 27, 1989 & March 28, 1989 | Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players | Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann | Chiaroscuro
April 4, 1989 & August 9, 1989 | On the Blue Side | Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff  | Milestone
April 24, 1989 & April 25, 1989 | Superblue 2 | Superblue  | Blue Note
April 29, 1989 & April 30, 1989 | The Half-Life of Desire | Either/Orchestra | Accurate
June 1, 1989 | African River | Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja
June 19, 1989-June 21, 1989 | Rhythmstick | Rhythmstick  | CTI
July 27, 1989 & August 3, 1989 | Indiana on Our Minds | John Eaton | Chiaroscuro
August 7, 1989 | Capital Hill | Buck Hill | Muse
August 11, 1989 | Sources of Inspiration | Donald Brown | Muse
August 15, 1989 | Happy Ground | Johnny Lytle | Muse
September 19, 1989 | Duets | Helen Merrill and Ron Carter  | EmArcy
September 25, 1989 | On a Different Level | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
October 10, 1989 & October 12, 1989 | Getting Down to Business | Donald Byrd Sextet featuring Joe Henderson | Landmark
October 18, 1989 & October 30, 1989 | Sugar | Etta Jones | Muse
October 20, 1989 | Shining Hour | Larry Coryell | Muse
November 14, 1989 | The Party | Houston Person | Muse
November 27, 1989 & November 28, 1989 | Taking Off! | Greg Marvin | Timeless
December 9, 1989 | Doin' It Right | Hilton Ruiz | RCA Novus
December 12, 1989 | Revelation | Michael Carvin | Muse
December 14, 1989 | Southern Touch | Sathima Bea Benjamin | Enja
December 23, 1989 | Blue Afternoon | Jim Snidero | Criss Cross Jazz
December 28, 1989 | Camera in a Bag | Ray Drummond Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
December 30, 1989 | Back Room Blues | Brian Lynch Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz

### 1990s

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1990 | Lotus Blossom | Billy Strayhorn Project featuring the Michael Hashim Quartet  | Stash
1990 | My Time Will Come | Hubert Laws | Music Masters
1990 | Welcome to the Club | Bob Stewart | VWC
January 2, 1990 | The Feeling of Jazz | Mike LeDonne Quintet/Trio  | Criss Cross Jazz
January 6, 1990 | Now's the Time | Houston Person and Ron Carter | Muse
January 16, 1990 & January 17, 1990 | On Course | Christopher Hollyday | RCA Novus
February 1, 1990 & February 2, 1990 | Chippin' In | Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers | Timeless
February 2, 1990 | Some Blues | Jay McShann | Chiaroscuro
February 5, 1990 | Just Friends | Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person  | Muse
February 27, 1990 | Where Were You? | Joey DeFrancesco | Columbia
February 28, 1990 | Smooth Sailing | Rob Schneiderman with Rufus Reid and Billy Higgins | Reservoir
March 3, 1990 & March 5, 1990 | Furthermore | Ralph Moore | Landmark
April 9, 1990 & April 11, 1990 | Eight Plus | Ron Carter | Victor
April 13, 1990 | The Buck Stops Here | Buck Hill | Muse
May 7, 1990 | Out of the Tradition | Jack Walrath | Muse
May 23, 1990 | Whip Appeal | Charles Earland | Muse
May 30, 1990 & May 31, 1990 | Summit Reunion | Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern | Chiaroscuro
June 6, 1990 | The Only One | Kenny Barron | Reservoir
June 6, 1990 | Christmas with Etta Jones | Etta Jones | Muse
July 2, 1990 & July 3, 1990 | Four Seasons | Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio  | Ninety-One
July 18, 1990 | No Fear, No Die | Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja
July 20, 1990 | As Long as There's Music | Cedar Walton | Muse
July 31, 1990 & August 1, 1990 | Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream | Toshiko Akiyoshi | Ninety-One
August 15, 1990 | Ridin' High | Hod O'Brien | Reservoir
August 16, 1990 | May I Come In | Lorez Alexandria | Muse
August 20, 1990 | Night Out | Michael Logan | Muse
September 7, 1990 | Obsession | Wallace Roney | Muse
September 19, 1990 & September 21, 1990 | Night Watch | Don Sickler | Uptown
September 27, 1990 | Come On Down | Jimmy Ponder | Muse
October 9, 1990 | Why Not! | Houston Person | Muse
October 9, 1990 | What It Takes | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
October 19, 1990 | Code Red | Cindy Blackman | Muse
October 30, 1990 | 9 by 3 | Joshua Breakstone Trio  | Contemporary
December 14, 1990 | Hangin' with Smooth | Cecil Brooks III | Muse
December 20, 1990 | Invitation | Kenny Barron | Criss Cross Jazz
1991 | A Blue Streak | Michael Hashim | Stash
January 17, 1991 | Lemuria-Seascape | Kenny Barron | Candid
January 21, 1991 & January 22, 1991 | The Natural Moment | Christopher Hollyday | RCA Novus
January 28, 1991 | Walk On | Randy Johnston | Muse
January 31, 1991 | John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill | John Bunch | Chiaroscuro
February 18, 1991 | Quickstep | Kenny Barron | Enja
February 25, 1991-March 12, 1991 | A Moments Notice | Hilton Ruiz | RCA Novus
March 4, 1991 & March 5, 1991 | My Horns of Plenty | George Coleman | Birdology
March 15, 1991 | Native Colours | Billy Drummond Quintet  | Criss Cross Jazz
May 2, 1991 | Profile | Valery Ponomarev | Reservoir
May 9, 1991 | Radio Waves | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
May 14, 1991 & May 15, 1991 | The Right Choice | Bill Doggett | After Hours
May 29, 1991-May 31, 1991 | The Proper Angle | Charles Fambrough | CTI
June 19, 1991 | The Turbanator | Lonnie Smith | 32 Jazz
July 7, 1991 | Great Scott! | Shirley Scott | Muse
August 12, 1991 | Tenor Madness Too! | Ricky Ford | Muse
August 16, 1991 & August 18, 1991 | Cause and Effect | Donald Brown | Muse
August 22, 1991 | The Moment | Kenny Barron Trio  | Reservoir
August 26, 1991 | Walk Don't Run | Joshua Breakstone Quartet featuring Kenny Barron  | King
September 3, 1991 & September 6 and 8, 1991 | Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn | Joe Henderson | Verve
September 26, 1991 | Let's Cool One | Dick Berk and The New Jazz Adoption Agency  | Reservoir
September 28, 1991 | Seth Air | Wallace Roney | Muse
October 16, 1991 | Take One | T. S. Monk | Blue Note
October 18, 1991 | Songs of Courage | James Spaulding | Muse
October 22, 1991 & September 12–24, 1992 | The Charmer | Charles Fambrough | CTI
December 1991 | Desert Flowers | Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja
December 2, 1991 | It's Time | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
December 3, 1991 | Headlines | The Houdini's | Timeless
December 6, 1991 | Unforgettable | Charles Earland | Muse
December 9, 1991 | Mr. A.T. | Art Taylor | Enja
1992 | Youkali | Jim Hall | CTI
1992 | Mexico | Jack Wilkins | CTI
January 1992-June, 1992 | Calling You | Ted Rosenthal | CTI
February 6, 1992 | The Traveller | Antoine Roney | Muse
March 12, 1992 & March 13, 1992 | Rhythm of the Earth | Jackie McLean | Antilles/Birdology
March 20, 1992 & March 21, 1992 | Spirit Willie | Willie Williams | Enja
March 26, 1992, March 27, 1992 & August 19, 1992 | 3WayPlay | Dick Katz | Reservoir
April 4, 1992 | Serious Hang | Jack Walrath | Muse
April 20, 1992 & April 21, 1992 | Youngblood | Elvin Jones | Enja
April 28, 1992 & April 29, 1992 | Handful Of Keys - The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller | Hank Jones | Verve
May 4, 1992 | In the Spirit | Jay Hoggard | Muse
May 6, 1992 | Guys and Dolls | Michael Hashim Quartet  | Stash
May 16, 1992-May 18, 1992 | Goodfellas 2 | Goodfellas  | Paddle Wheel
June 30, 1992 & July 1, 1992 | Try a Little Tenderness | Flip Phillips | Chiaroscuro
July 24, 1992 | Impulse | Buck Hill | Muse
August 26, 1992 | Standards | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
September 18, 1992 | Telepathy | Cindy Blackman | Muse
October 15, 1992 & October 16, 1992 | Going Home | Elvin Jones | Enja
November 17, 1992 | A Walkin' Thing | Shirley Scott | Candid
November 18, 1992 | Jubilation | Randy Johnston | Muse
December 17, 1992 | Doodlin' | "Papa" John DeFrancesco | Muse
1993 | Fallen Angel | Larry Coryell | CTI
January 13, 1993 | Neck Peckin’ Jammie | Cecil Brooks III | Muse
January 29, 1993 & March 5, 1993 | Remembering Grant Green | Joshua Breakstone | King
January 29, 1993 | Sittin' on the Thing With Ming | Joshua Breakstone | Capri
February 3, 1993 | East Coast Stroll | Dick Berk | Reservoir
February 22, 1993 | Soulful Sin | Philip Harper | Muse
February 25, 1993–February 28, 1993 | Upon Reflection – The Music of Thad Jones | Hank Jones | Verve
March 15, 1993-March 22, 1993 | Lost Voices | Bill O'Connell | CTI
April 9, 1993 & April 10, 1993 | Incident'ly | Ann Malcolm | Sound Hills
April 23, 1993 | Kickin' in the Frontwindow | The Houdini's | Timeless
June 6, 1993 | Munchin' | Wallace Roney | Muse
July 1, 1993 | A Special Rapport | Peter Leitch | Reservoir
July 30, 1993 | Crunchin' | Wallace Roney | Muse
August 8, 1993 | Blues Nexus | James Spaulding | Muse
September 1, 1993 | Beyond Expectations | John Hicks | Reservoir
September 2, 1993 | Cartunes | Donald Brown | Muse
September 8, 1993 & October 5, 1993 | Horn of Plenty | Warren Vaché | Muse
January 14, 1994 | The Trio: 1994 | Milt Hinton, Bobby Rosengarden and Derek Smith | Chiaroscuro
January 17, 1994 & January 18 and 27, 1994 | Four in One | Sonny Fortune | Blue Note
January 20, 1994 | Episode One: Children of Harlem | Gary Bartz | Challenge
February 22, 1994-February 24, 1994 | All My Tomorrows | Grover Washington Jr. | Columbia
March 2, 1994 | All About My Girl | Joey DeFrancesco | Muse
March 22, 1994 & March 23, 1994 | The Place to Be | Benny Green | Blue Note
April 21, 1994 & April 22, 1994 | The Clincher | The N.Y. Hardbop Quintet | TCB
May 17, 1994 | Dark Blue | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
May 18, 1994 | Blue Mance | Junior Mance | Chiaroscuro
May 19, 1994 | Like Old Times | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
June 1, 1994 & June 2, 1994 | Duality | Peter Leitch and John Hicks  | Reservoir
June 14, 1994 | Uncommon Threads | Jay Collins | Reservoir
June 19, 1994 & June 20, 1994 | Le Ca: New York Romance | Barney Wilen | Venus
June 22, 1994 | Reflections | David Leonhardt Trio  | Big Bang
June 27, 1994-June 29, 1994 | In Other Words | Teodross Avery Quartet  | GRP
June 29, 1994 | Free Wheelin': The Music of Lee Morgan | Claudio Roditi | Reservoir
September 8, 1994 | Comin' Home | "Papa" John DeFrancesco | Muse
September 14, 1994 | Judy | Judy Carmichael | C&D
September 18, 1994 & September 19, 1994 | Shades of the Pine | Jeff Palmer | Reservoir
November 21, 1994 & November 22, 1994 | Bert's Blues | Nancie Banks Orchestra  | CAP
December 19, 1994 | Young Gunn | Russell Gunn | Muse
December 27, 1994 | Horn to Horn | Teddy Edwards and Houston Person  | Muse
1995 | Rhythm Within | Steve Turre | Antilles
January 23, 1995 | The Oracle | Cindy Blackman | Muse
February 14, 1995 & February 15, 1995 | Made in America | John Eaton | Chiaroscuro
February 20, 1995 & February 21, 1995 | A Better Understanding | Sonny Fortune | Blue Note
March 1, 1995 | Backyard | Roni Ben-Hur | TCB
March 14, 1995 | Yellow Dog Blues | Summit Reunion  | Chiaroscuro
March 26, 1995 | Groovy Encounters | The Pratt Brothers Big Band | Amosaya
April 12, 1995 & April 13 and 14, 1995 | Infinity | McCoy Tyner Trio featuring Michael Brecker | Impulse!
April 22, 1995 & April 23, 1995 | Autumn in New York | Claude Williamson Trio  | Venus
May 10, 1995 & May 11, 1995 | The Line Forms Here | Dick Katz | Reservoir
June 6, 1995 | Talk To Me Baby | Warren Vaché | Muse
July 7, 1995 & July 8, 1995 | Colours & Dimensions | Peter Leitch | Reservoir
July 27, 1995 | 4 Flights Up | David Hazeltine Quartet featuring Slide Hampton | Sharp Nine
July 31, 1995 | Resurgence | Carlos Garnett | Muse
October 8, 1995 | Reality Tonic | Jay Collins | Reservoir
October 23, 1995, October 24, 1995 & November 9, 1995 | Urban Renewal | Funk Inc. | Prestige
October 26, 1995 | One by One | Dick Berk | Reservoir
November 9, 1995-January 5, 1995 | Bob Belden's Shades of Blue | Bob Belden | Blue Note
November 11, 1995 | Winter Moon | Jody Sandhaus | Saranac
November 19, 1995 & November 20, 1995 | From Birdland to Broadway | Bill Crow | Venus
January 9, 1996 | Keepin' in the Groove | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
February 12, 1996 & May 6, 1996 | Comin' Back Home | Lou Montelione featuring John Stubblefield | Jazzhead
February 13, 1996 & December 11, 1996 | Is There a Jackson in the House? | Chip Jackson | JazzKey Music
March 4, 1996 & March 5, 1996 | Rockermotion | The N.Y. Hardbop Quintet | TCB
March 11, 1996 & March 12, 1996 | From Now On | Sonny Fortune | Blue Note
March 15, 1996 | Danger High Voltage | George Coleman | Two and Four
April 1, 1996 | Killer Ray Rides Again | Ray Appleton Sextet  | Sharp Nine
April 8, 1996, April 29, 1996 & May 13, 1996 | Tight | Hank Crawford | Milestone
April 17, 1996 | Louis at Large | Louis Hayes | Sharp Nine
May 16, 1996 | Keep a Song in Your Soul | Michael Hahsim | Hep Jazz
June 3, 1996 | This Time | Pete Malinverni | Reservoir
June 6, 1996 & June 7, 1996 | The Gerry Mulligan Songbook | Bill Charlap, Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson and Ron Vincent  | Chiaroscuro
August 15, 1996 | Cape Town Flowers | Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja
August 19, 1996 | The Dream Team | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
August 22, 1996 | The Classic Trio | David Hazeltine | Sharp Nine
September 24, 1996 & September 25, 1996 | Into The Light | Andrés Boiarsky | Reservoir
October 1, 1996 & October 2, 1996 | First Time Ever | Barry Harris Trio  | Alfa
November 6, 1996 | Close Encounters | Teddy Edwards and Houston Person  | HighNote
November 11, 1996 & November 12, 1996 | Somewhere Along the Way | Buster Williams Quintet  | TCB
November 19, 1996 & November 20, 1996 | Jazz Anecdotes | Bill Crow | Venus
November 26, 1996 | Person-ified | Houston Person | HighNote
December 11, 1996 | Let's Call This Monk! | Joshua Breakstone | Double-Time
January 3, 1997 & January 4, 1997 | Roots | Cedar Walton | Astor Place
January 14, 1997 | The Bass and I | Ron Carter | Somethin' Else
February 5, 1997 | The Opening Round | Houston Person | Savant
February 6, 1997-February 27, 1997 | Monk on Monk | T. S. Monk | N2K Encoded Music
February 12, 1997 | Blowing the Blues Away | Charles Earland | HighNote
February 25, 1997 | Too Soon To Tell | One for All featuring Eric Alexander | Sharp Nine
March 7, 1997 | Midnight Creeper | Teddy Edwards | HighNote
March 12, 1997 | As We Are Now | Renee Rosnes | Blue Note
April 3, 1997 | A Star for You | Valery Ponomarev | Reservoir
April 24, 1997 | Poinciana | Nick Brignola | Reservoir
May 5, 1997 | Slammin' & Jammin' | Charles Earland | Savant
May 8, 1997 | Alexander the Great | Eric Alexander | HighNote
May 14, 1997 & May 15, 1997 | My Favorite Colors | Junko Moriya | Ninety-One
May 28, 1997 | Dancing in the Dark | Rob Schneiderman | Reservoir
June 30, 1997 & July 1, 1997 | Road Tested | Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff  | Milestone
July 5, 1997 | Cookin' with the Mighty Burner | Charles Earland | HighNote
July 21, 1997 | Here Again | Buddy Montgomery Trio  | Sharp Nine
July 24, 1997 | To Be There | Scott Whitfield | Amosaya
August 21, 1997 & August 22, 1997 | Trios | Helio Alves | Reservoir
August 25, 1997 | All in the Family | Joey DeFrancesco and "Papa" John DeFrancesco | HighNote
August 28, 1997 | Standards + Plus | Jim Snidero | Double-Time
September 3, 1997 | So That's How It Is | Hod O'Brien | Reservoir
September 14, 1997 & September 15, 1997 | The Missouri Connection | Jay McShann and John Hicks  | Reservoir
October 6, 1997 & October 7, 1997 | Dedication | Steve Kuhn | Reservoir
November 19, 1997 | In the Now | Cindy Blackman | HighNote
November 27, 1997 | In the Red | Red Holloway | HighNote
December 1, 1997 & December 2, 1997 | New Beginnings | Steve Nelson Quartet  | TCB
1998 | Secret Places | Sumi Tonooka | Joken
January 14, 1998 | To Each His Own | Mike LeDonne | Double-Time
January 19, 1998 | Detour Ahead | Randy Johnston | HighNote
February 16, 1998 & February 17, 1998 | Optimism | One for All  | Sharp Nine
February 23, 1998 & February 24, 1998 | After Dark | Hank Crawford | Milestone
April 28, 1998, May 1, 1998, August 3, 1999 & August 27, 2002 | Hope Is in the Air: The Music of Elmo Hope | New Stories  | Origin Records
May 18, 1998 & May 19, 1998 | Straight Up | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
May 27, 1998 | The Champ: Dedicated to Jimmy Smith | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
May 28, 1998 | Monk, Trane, Miles & Me | Larry Coryell | HighNote
May 30, 1998 | The Champ: Round 2 | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
June 1, 1998 | My Romance | Houston Person | HighNote
July 9, 1998 & October 2, 1998 | MultiColored Blue | Michael Hashim | Hep Jazz
August 5, 1998 | Joey DeFrancesco Plays Sinatra His Way | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
August 12, 1998 | The Philadelphia Connection: A Tribute to Don Patterson | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
October 19, 1998 & October 20, 1998 | Countdown | Steve Kuhn | Reservoir
October 29, 1998 | A Very Good Year | Pete Malinverni | Reservoir
November 16, 1998 & November 17, 1998 | Crunch Time | Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff  | Milestone
November 25, 1998 | Hammer Time | Tardo Hammer | Sharp Nine
December 16, 1998 | Chillin' | David "Fathead" Newman | HighNote
March 13, 1999 | Stomp! | Charles Earland | HighNote
April 27, 1999 | Soft Lights | Houston Person | HighNote
April 28, 1999 | Escapade | James Spaulding | HighNote
May 10, 1999 & May 11, 1999 | New Directions | Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Greg Osby and Mark Shim  | Blue Note
September 10, 1999 | New High | Larry Coryell | HighNote
September 28, 1999 & September 29, 1999 | McGriff's House Party | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
October 19, 1999 | If Only For One Night | Charles Earland with Najee | HighNote
November 16, 1999 & November 17, 1999 | The Satchmo Legacy | Benny Bailey | Enja

### 2000s

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January 19, 2000 | In a Sentimental Mood | Houston Person | HighNote
February 8, 2000 & February 9, 2000 | The World of Hank Crawford | Hank Crawford | Milestone
February 23, 2000 | Inner Urge | Larry Coryell | HighNote
March 27, 2000 | Reflections | Don Sickler Quartet  | HighNote
May 17, 2000 | Ladies Man | Teddy Edwards | HighNote
May 31, 2000 | Moment to Moment | Hideaki Yoshioka | Venus
June 6, 2000 | Keepers of the Flame | Charles Earland Tribute Band  | HighNote
July 8, 2000-July 12, 2000 | Ya Gotta Try | Boston Brass  | Summit
August 18, 2000 | Dialogues | Houston Person and Ron Carter | HighNote
October 17, 2000-October 19, 2000 | Feelin' It | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
November 8, 2000 | Artistic License | Santi Debriano | Savant
December 2000 | The Second Milestone | Eric Alexander | Milestone
2001 | I Think of You | Jody Sandhaus | CAP
March 10, 2001 & March 12, 2001 | Haunted Heart | Chris Connor | HighNote
March 21, 2001 | Simple Pleasure | Vincent Herring | HighNote
March 29, 2001 | The Promise Land | Cedar Walton | HighNote
April 24, 2001 & April 25, 2001 | Keep That Groove Going! | Plas Johnson and Red Holloway | Milestone
July 10, 2001 | Blue Velvet | Houston Person | HighNote
October 22, 2001 & October 23, 2001 | McGriff Avenue | Jimmy McGriff | Milestone
December 5, 2001 | Cedars of Avalon | Larry Coryell | HighNote
2002 | So Little Time | Ned Otter | Two and Four
May 22, 2002 | Sentimental Journey | Houston Person | HighNote
June 21, 2002 | Latin Tinge | Cedar Walton | HighNote
November 22, 2002 | Tina May Sings the Ray Bryant Songbook | Tina May | 33 Jazz
2003 | A Fine Spring Morning | Jody Sandhaus | CAP
2003 | Powder Keg | Ned Otter | Two and Four
May 8, 2003 | Social Call | Houston Person | HighNote
August 7, 2003 & April 24 and 25, 2005 | Memories of T | Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet  | Concord Jazz
October 15, 2003 | Song for the New Man | David "Fathead" Newman | HighNote
November 5, 2003 | Smokin' Out Loud | Mike LeDonne | Savant
January 21, 2004 | To Etta with Love | Houston Person | HighNote
February 5, 2004 | Griot Libertè | Buster Williams | HighNote
May 26, 2004 | The Spirits Up Above | Steve Turre | HighNote
June 10, 2004 | Dead Center | Eric Alexander | HighNote
July 24, 2004 | Wishing on the Moon | Meredith D'Ambrosio | Sunnyside
August 4, 2004 | You Taught My Heart to Sing | Houston Person with Bill Charlap | HighNote
August 14, 2004 | I Remember Brother Ray | David "Fathead" Newman | HighNote
October 1, 2004 & October 21, 2004 | Dedicated to You | Gloria Cooper | Origin
December 22, 2004 | Put on a Happy Face | Stan Hope | Savant
December 28, 2004 | Fun House | Reuben Wilson | Savant
May 9, 2005 | The Big Push | Larry Willis | HighNote
May 10, 2005 | Night Song | Mike LeDonne | Savant
June 21, 2005 | All Soul | Houston Person | HighNote
July 29, 2005 | It's All in the Game | Eric Alexander | HighNote
October 26, 2005 | Just Between Friends | Houston Person and Ron Carter  | HighNote
November 14, 2005 | Reflections | Frank Morgan | HighNote
April 5, 2006 | Sweet Love of Mine | John Hicks | HighNote
April 7, 2006 | One Flight Down | Cedar Walton | HighNote
April 12, 2006 | How Little We Know | Jeff Hackworth | Big Bridge Music
April 19, 2006 | Keep Searchin' | Steve Turre | HighNote
May 17, 2006 & May 18, 2006 | Music Maestro Please | Freddie Cole with the Bill Charlap Trio  | HighNote
August 29, 2006 | Cry for Peace | Peter Lerner | Blujazz
October 2, 2006 | Blue Fable | Larry Willis | HighNote
December 5, 2006 & December 7, 2006 | Light On | Tom Harrell | HighNote
January 17, 2007 | Temple of Olympic Zeus | Eric Alexander | HighNote
May 22, 2007 | Thinking of You | Houston Person | HighNote
May 31, 2007 | Tippin' | Jim Snidero | Savant
October 9, 2007 | The Offering | Larry Willis | HighNote
2008 | Across the Tracks | Scott Hamilton | Concord Jazz
February 1, 2008 | Seasoned Wood | Cedar Walton | HighNote
December 12, 2008 | The Blessing | David "Fathead" Newman | HighNote
2009 | The Observer | Jon Irabagon | Concord Jazz
April 14, 2009 & April 28, 2009 | Revival of the Fittest | Eric Alexander | HighNote
April 22, 2009-April 25, 2009 | Yesterday You Said Tomorrow | Christian Scott | Concord Jazz
May 20, 2009 | Voices Deep Within | Cedar Walton | HighNote
June 23, 2009 | Mellow | Houston Person | HighNote
August 11, 2009 | Men of Honor | Jeremy Pelt | HighNote
June 23, 2010 | Moment to Moment | Houston Person | HighNote
September 15, 2010 | The Talented Mr. Pelt | Jeremy Pelt | HighNote
November 4, 2010 | Don't Follow the Crowd | Eric Alexander | HighNote
December 18, 2010 & December 19, 2010 | Above All | Jonny King | Sunnyside
February 28, 2011 | The Bouncer | Cedar Walton | HighNote
June 22, 2011 | So Nice | Houston Person | HighNote
2012 | Ithamara Koorax Sings Getz/Gilberto | Ithamara Koorax | Jazz Vision
March 22, 2012 | Wonderful! Wonderful! | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
May 10, 2012 | Mr. Lucky | Harold Mabern | HighNote
July 5, 2012 | Naturally | Houston Person | HighNote
October 22, 2012 | Touching | Eric Alexander | HighNote
June 24, 2013 | One for Rudy | Joey DeFrancesco | HighNote
July 3, 2013 | Nice 'n' Easy | Houston Person | HighNote
November 26, 2013 | Chicago Fire | Eric Alexander | HighNote
June 30, 2014 | The Melody Lingers On | Houston Person | HighNote
2015 | Something Personal | Houston Person | HighNote
April 2, 2015 | The Real Thing | Eric Alexander | HighNote
December 22, 2015 | Chemistry | Houston Person and Ron Carter  | HighNote
2017 | Ithamara Koorax Sings the Jazz Masters | Ithamara Koorax | Jazz Vision
April 1, 2017 & April 2, 2017 | The Masquerade is Over | Massimo Faraò Double Piano Quartet  | Venus
June 4, 2017 | Rain or Shine | Houston Person | HighNote
March 27, 2018 | Remember Love | Houston Person and Ron Carter  | HighNote
September 2018-December 2018 | Blue Dawn-Blue Nights | Wallace Roney | HighNote

## See also

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* List of US recording studios
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

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