Rudy Van Gelder [1924-2016]
"When one mic will do the job, I will never use two."
He could do things with sound that no one else could do. For this reason, Miles Davis preferred to work only with him. Also for this reason, Charles Mingus refused to ever work with him.
Admittedly, it can be a complicated life for a recording engineer.
Even if the reader is not familiar with the music, there is a particular sound to post-World War II…