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Walter Davis Jr.: Davis Cup

Walter Davis Jr.: Davis Cup

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

On August 2, 1959, Rudy Van Gelder opened his newly built Englewood Cliffs, N.J., recording studio. Between 1952 and August 1959, Rudy had been recording jazz albums for Blue Note and other labels in a soundproof room at his parents modernist white stucco home a few miles away in Hackensack. The first album recorded in Hackensack was the 10-inch Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet for Blue Note. The room Rudy used is featured widely in many of Francis Wolff's photos with the ...

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