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The Legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs Still Recording Gems

Perhaps the most famous recording facility in all of jazz, Rudy Van Gelder’s studio, first in Hackensack, then in Englewood Cliffs, is the birthplace of seminal albums by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and hundreds of others. The newest gem to emanate from these hallowed halls is the self-titled debut of The Heavy Hitters.

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