Neil Ardley was a British composer and author. He was the former leader of the New Jazz Orchestra and the composer of several well-known works for jazz orchestra, notably Kaleidoscope of Rainbows, dating from the 1970s. Later compositions were choral works, the most notable being a large choral work called Creation Mass.

Neil Ardley has also written a hundred information books, mainly for children, on science and technology and also on music. 

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Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
Harmony of the Spheres
Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises