Product Description:
DEDICATED TO NELSON is an album of popular arrangements written for "The Rosemary Clooney Show" by Nelson Riddle.
Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); John Oddo (conductor, piano); Gary Foster, Joe Soldo, Tommy Newsom, Vince Trombetta, Gene Cipriano (woodwinds); Warren Luening, George Graham, Rick Baptist, Larry Hall, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Chauncey Welsch, Charley Loper, Bill Eaton, George Roberts (trombone); Dennis Budimir (guitar); Gregg Field (drums); Joe Porcaro (percussion).
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California from September 27-30, 1995. Includes liner notes by Gary Giddins.
DEDICATED TO NELSON was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.
Entertainment Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly - 2/9/96, p.55
"An album pairing one of the most astute traditional pop vocalists alive with a big band swinging arrangements by the late giant Nelson Riddle is cause for joy..." -
Rating: A-