26 May 1937 - 23 February 2004
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.
Recordings of most of his compositions are available on this website.
Neil Ardley has also written a hundred information books, mainly for
children, on science and technology and also on music.
To read Gerry Hectic's celebration of the life of
Neil Ardley click
here