Geoffrey Littlefield

Nelson Riddle

ISBN: 978-1-83975-521-7
EAN: 9781839755217
Produktnummer: 35862649
Verlag: Grosvenor House Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 226 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Music With a Heartbeat

Ebook (EPUB Format)

NELSON RIDDLE was possibly the greatest; one of the most successful arrangers in the history of American popular music. He worked with global icons such as Peggy Lee, Judy Garland and many more. And in a time of segregation and deep racial tensions in the US, he collaborated with leading black artists such as Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, forming close, personal friendships with both. He also wrote successful TV themes and Oscar-winning film scores.A complex and often forlorn genius, he will forever be remembered for his immortal work with FRANK SINATRA, but like fine wines his later vintage was just as palatable, if somewhat of a surpri… Mehr