- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book · 1963
- The Best of Nelson Riddle · 1963
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book · 1963
- Greatest Hits Series: Jazz · 1944
- Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn · 1993
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book · 1963
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book · 1964
- Matt Sings and Nelson Swings · 2009
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever · 1970
- The Best of Nelson Riddle · 1957
- The Joy of Living · 1959
- Capitol Records from the Vaults: "The Best of '56" · 2000
- Route 66 and Other TV Themes · 1962
- 1985
Artist Playlists
- He blended big-band lushness, pop instincts, and exotica.
Live Albums
Compilations
Appears On
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Shirley Bassey
About Nelson Riddle
Largely considered one of the greatest arrangers in American popular music, Nelson Riddle is still revered for his many musical contributions. After arranging and playing trombone in the 1940s bands of Charlie Spivak and Tommy Dorsey, Riddle garnered wide acclaim arranging for many of the major pop vocalists of his day, including Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, and others. Yet it was his immortal work with Frank Sinatra for Capitol in the '50s and '60s, that cemented Riddle's enduring legacy. He also supplied the scores to many major film and TV productions, even winning an Oscar for 1974's The Great Gatsby. Prior to his passing in 1985, he enjoyed a latter-career revival working closely on a trio of jazz albums with Linda Ronstadt, the second of which, Lush Life, won him a posthumously awarded Grammy.
- HOMETOWN
- Oradell, NJ, United States
- BORN
- June 1, 1921
- GENRE
- Jazz