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I'm lately listening to "Jump for Joy", the album that Riddle did with Peggy Lee. Boy, does it move!
Please share your favorite things that Nelson Riddle did outside of film.
(I'd especially like to hear about the ones that are uptempo!)
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I'm surprised that Ock-man or Jim Phelps haven't had anything to say in this thread, gi-ganto Sinatra fans that they are.
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I saw Riddle backing Linda Ronstadt on her What's New Tour at the then Pine Knob Theater
(It is now DTE Theater) in SE Michigan. I was about 10 rows or so from the stage. She was just finisheing her second album with Riddle at the time so we got treated to songs from both LP's. A third LP followed. Love them all. But Riddle and his Orchestra behind Ronstadt was amazing. 
Neat!
How was his conducting? The musicians quoted in his bio had some interesting opinions about it.
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All of his Capitiol albums with Sinatra. For me at least, these represent the pinnacle in arranger/singer collaborations. Sinatra's innate muscianship and dedicated focus on his accompaniment played an important part in making their collaboration such a great one. They brought out the best in each other.
Tell us some of your uptempo favorites, Mark.
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Linda was out of her league on those albums. Her approach is completely wrong for that style of music.
I enjoy the hell out of those LPs, as I did the concert. I saw 2 concerts at that venue, the other was part of The Carpenters Final US Tour.
I half-agree with OB and half with GS.
I enjoyed the hell out of the set of three LP's back when they came out. I'm grateful to them for introducing me to Riddle's work, especially.
I'm finding that her vocals aren't as impressive to me now that I've lived another 25 years and heard others.
But she made it happen and brought a lot of popularity to this style of music again, so I'm grateful.
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What's always puzzled me about Nelson Riddle are that his own instrumental albums, for the most part, are nowhere near as adventurous as his arrangements for vocalists.
I posted earlier about his intros on the "Wee Small Hours" album. Imagine if there was an entire instrumental LP that sustained that kind of mood and invention.
I'm inclined to agree that his instrumentals - with exceptions - are less interesting than his accompaniements.
In the Riddle bio, Terry Woodson agrees with you both. So do I.
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