Rosie Solves The Swingin' Riddle! [Digipak] [Remaster]

Performer: Rosemary Clooney
Artist: Nelson Riddle
Engineer: Al Schmitt
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Nelson Riddle (conductor, arranger); Abe Most, Wilbur Schwartz, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Joe Koch (saxophone); Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Carroll Lewis, Clarence Sherock (trumpet); Tommy Pederson, Tom Shephard, George Roberts (trombone); William Miller (piano): Al Hendrickson (guitar); Joe Comfort (bass); Frank Flynn, Alvin Stoller (drums). Producer: Dick Pierce. Reissue producer: Barry Feldman. Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California on May 25 & 27 and June 2, 1960. Originally released on RCA (2265). Includes liner notes by James Gavin and Nelson Riddle. Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Al Hendrickson (guitar); Abe Most, Plas Johnson (saxophone); Don Fagerquist, Pete Condoli (trumpet); George Roberts , Tommy Pederson (trombone); Bill Miller (piano); Joe Comfort (bass guitar); Alvin Stoller, Frank Lynn (drums). Liner Note Author: Peter Levinson. Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Without doubt, vocalist Rosemary Clooney was one of the best interpreters of the Great American Songbook. On this 1960 meeting with legendary bandleader and arranger Nelson Riddle, Clooney is heard in fine form. Recorded during a period when she and Riddle were entangled in a steamy extramarital affair, this album is predictably quite romantic and carefree. Clooney later confessed that this was one of the most inspired periods of her life, due to her personal relationship with Riddle. Many standards are heard on this release, including an assertive "I Get Along Without You Very Well," an upbeat "April in Paris," and a swinging "Some of These Days." The little-known songs "Shine on Harvest Moon" and "Angry" round out this set of otherwise familiar Broadway tunes quite well. Riddle's orchestra swings hard on all 14 tracks, and a real simpatico is created between Clooney and the accompanying musicians. Without doubt, vocalist Rosemary Clooney was one of the best interpreters of the Great American Songbook. On this 1960 meeting with legendary bandleader and arranger Nelson Riddle, Clooney is heard in fine form. Recorded during a period when she and Riddle were entangled in a steamy extramarital affair, this album is predictably quite romantic and carefree. Clooney later confessed that this was one of the most inspired periods of her life, due to her personal relationship with Riddle. Many standards are heard on this release, including an assertive "I Get Along Without You Very Well," an upbeat "April in Paris," and a swinging "Some of These Days." The little-known songs "Shine on Harvest Moon" and "Angry" round out this set of otherwise familiar Broadway tunes quite well. Riddle's orchestra swings hard on all 14 tracks, and a real simpatico is created between Clooney and the accompanying musicians.

An iconic American vocalist, Rosemary Clooney often blurred the line between pop and jazz, occasionally even venturing into country and international styles. She started out as a singer with the Tony Pastor band in the 1940s, and her solo career started taking off at the end of the decade. Under the stewardship of Mitch Miller, she had numerous novelty-oriented '50s hits, but later on she dedicated herself to more serious, jazzier work, making some of her finest albums, like 1956's BLUE ROSE. Clooney was also active in films and TV (for a time she had her own television show), and continued performing and recording tirelessly until her death in 2002.

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