Route 66: That Nelson Riddle Sound

Erich Kunzel (Artist), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000044TZA
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,029 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Night and Day

2. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart

3. September in the Rain

4. You and the Night and the Music

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. Let's Face the Music and Dance

7. Summer Wind

8. I Get Along Without You Very Well

9. Nice 'N' Easy

10. The Lady Is a Tramp

11. Get Happy

12. What's New?

13. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

14. Let Yourself Go

15. You Are My Lucky Star

16. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon)

17. Brother John

18. Route 66

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finger snapping, hum along fun, May 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Route 66: That Nelson Riddle Sound (Audio CD)

Kunzel and Cincinnati Pops have made a terrific CD. They have put an new twist on the swing music of Nelson Riddle, using instrumentals in place of the vocals. I have listened to this one over and over. This is a fun CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Go with Nelson playing Riddle arrangements, January 12, 2009

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DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Route 66: That Nelson Riddle Sound (Audio CD)

It's a fine concept, probably made for a wonderful pops theme concert, & these arrangements would be delightful encores for any orchestra. But it doesn't "get" Nelson Riddle. Riddle's sound was also built on the ace Hollywood studio musicians he used - veterans of the big bands. Riddle was known to tailor arrangements to individual players. Then there was the studio craft of the Capitol Record engineers; in the later recordings that sound featured lots of reverb & a fat bass guitar. Riddle went to the studio with an ear to recording hit instrumental singles, & he had a number of them in addition to many releases that didn't chart. Albums were assembled around them. Everything got the Riddle studio treatment, from classics of the Great American Songbook to TV themes & corny novelties. Riddle was a pop artist. So there's no strong reason to have this album when Riddle's Capitol recordings are available in their original LP form & in compilations.

5.0 out of 5 stars Route 66 that Nelson Riddle Sound, August 31, 2010

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Thomas - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Route 66: That Nelson Riddle Sound (Audio CD)

Buy this album to add to your collection and be sure to play it while you drive west from Chicago on Route 66. This CD is a must-have for anyone wishing to explore the unique sound of the era that influenced Nelson Riddle and all of America. He would approve.