Sunday, June 1, 2014
Happy Birthday Nelson!
Live Performances
Carnegie Hall – A Phenomenal Success!
After 53 years, Nelson’s iconic arrangements for his Ella Fitzgerald Gershwin Songbook album are brought to life with resounding success. This evening a capacity crowd packed in to Carnegie Hall for this historic [Read More]
Film & TV
Route 66 Theme Awarded
Nelson Riddle was honored by the museum of television and radio in 1998 for his Route 66 [Read More]
And The Academy Award Goes To…
Nelson Riddle‘s score for the Great Gatsby won him the Academy Award in 1975. Andre [Read More]
Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Happy Birthday Nelson!
This day in 1921 Nelson Riddle was born in Bergen Co., New Jersey. Today we are celebrating his life and incredible musical legacy a little further south at the Jersey Shore where the family moved to give the [Read More]
Recordings
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
This 1956 release found Sinatra and Riddle collaborating on a collection of upbeat, [Read More]
Cross Country Suite – 50 Years On
Nelson Riddle composed this series of pieces describing various areas of this country in [Read More]