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Nelson Riddle
Hey...Let Yourself Go!
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AMG Review of Hey...Let Yourself Go!
Mark Deming
All Music GuideThis 1957 collection from arranger and bandleader Nelson Riddle captures the master's style at its most frothy and effervescent. Hey...Let Yourself Go! features a dozen upbeat numbers that swing, but with an easygoing grace and a willingness to let different parts of the orchestra step to the forefront on different tunes, as muted brass and xylophone dominate "You're an Old Smoothie," flutes and oboe color "Then I'll Be Happy," and understated brass and strings add a romantic touch to "Younger Than Springtime." Most of the melodies Riddle chose for this session are familiar, but he manages to give them a fresh and enthusiastic feeling, and his cast of studio musicians brings a wealth of skill and élan to the recordings. Hey...Let Yourself Go! is one of the better examples of Riddle's prolific output as a studio bandleader in the '50s, and documents him at a point when his sound and approach were still fresh and winning; listeners with a taste for retro "bachelor pad music" and fans of the fine art of pop arrangement will both find plenty to enjoy on this LP.
Nelson Riddle Plays “You Are My Lucky Star”
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And Eleanor Powell certainly was in this, her major break out film for MGM being "Broadway Melody of 1936." The lyrics were by MGM's head of their musical division Arthur Freed and his longtime collaborator Herb Nacio Brown handling the music. Riddle has written an arrangement that is fully nonchalant with that trademark heart beat rhythm that was so much of a part of his style. Harry "Sweets" ...
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Nelson Riddle Plays “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”
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Nelson Riddle (1921 - 1985) was the ultimate arranger and is still considered one of the greatest innovators in the art of arranging. Riddle was born a few miles from Frank Sinatra in the city of Oradell, New Jersey, taking up the trombone at an early age. By 1941, he was already a member of trumpeter Charlie Spivak's orchestra. During his brief stay with the band (1941 - 1942), Riddle provided...
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Nelson Riddle Plays “Younger Than Springtime”
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One of the more memorable songs from Rodgers' and Hammerstein's 1949 stage musical "South Pacific" is "Younger Than Springtime." Riddle writes probably the hippest, most with it chart on the album with a sly sense of humor injected into the music with a teasing sense of sensuality. Flutes begin the chart while an oddly dissonant passage comes in strongly from brass and lower saxes with a fresh ...
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Nelson Riddle Plays “Let Yourself Go!”
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The picture above was taken during Mardi Gras season in New Orleans where people let themselves go. The beloved American song writer Irving Berlin wrote "Let Yourself Go" for his 191936 film musical "Follow the Fleet" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Nelson Riddle writes an arrangement which, if anything, sounds as if the entire ensemble will break away to play Stravinsky's "Rite of Spr...
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