A fresh biographical sketch of bandleader claude thornhill, composed by music. Bigband leader and pianist who influenced the cool school. No other swing era band sounded quite like claude thornhill s. Claude thornhill enlisted in the navy in october of 1942. Claude thornhill terre haute, indiana, august 10, 1908 july 1, 1965, caldwell, new jersey was an american pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. He served his country for three years and after his discharge in late 1945, he began reorganizing another orchestra. Vinyl, 16, transcription langworth feature programs, inc. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from claude thornhill and his orchestra at the discogs. By 1946, his new band was under way, using many of his original band members.
The online discographical project created by steven abrams who contributed the majority of information found herein and tyrone settlemier, with contributions from many other collectors such as. T hough his career as an orchestra leader was relatively limited, pianist claude thornhill left a huge legacy. Claude thornhill august 10, 1908 july 1, 1965 was an american pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards snowfall and i wish i had you. Although some of his recordings were on the periphery of jazz and his orchestra was at its most popular in the early 40s, claude thornhills main importance to jazz was the influence that his arrangements and orchestras sound had on cool jazz of the late 40s. Claude thornhill and his orchestra with maxine sullivan claude thornhill and his orchestra with maxine sullivan gone with the wind stop. Although some of his recordings were on the periphery of jazz and his.
Thornhill is a suburban community in the regional municipality of york in ontario, canada. His recordings, featuring innovative arrangements and unusual instrumentation, influenced and impressed many of the postbig band greats, especially miles davis. Gil evans crafted many of the bands arrangements and thornhill, who embraced bop influences and soloists chief among them are gerry mulligan and lee konitz. The ambassadors 5 claude thornhill and his orchestra untitled. Claude thornhill and his orchestra discography discogs. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in db major transposable. Print and download snowfall sheet music composed by claude thornhill. By adding french horns and woodwinds including piccolo, bass clarinet, and at times multiple clarinets and reinstating the tuba. Although the thornhill band was a sophisticated dance band, it became known for its superior jazz musicians and for thornhill s and gil evanss arrangements. Claude thornhill robbins nest 1947 the overjazz channel aims to offer only the best recordings of the begining era of modern music. Robbins nest, snowfall, sleepy serenade, where or when, a sunday kind of love, biography. The most eccentric sound during the war was produced by the orchestra formed in 1937 by pianist claude thornhill 1909, that in 1942 boasted four vocalists, seven clarinets, two french horns and a tuba. It is split between the cities of vaughan and markham, lying along the north border of toronto, centred on yonge street.
According to the 2001 census, thornhillvaughans population was 56,361, and the. In addition to the claude thornhill orchestra and singers marion colby and latin singer joaquin garay, this ui name band musical featurette production number 5308 also features the snowflakes singing group and nappy lamare and his straw hat strutters. Although some of his recordings were on the periphery of jazz and his orchestra was at its most popular in the early 40s, claude thornhill s main importance to jazz was the influence that his arrangements and orchestras sound had on cool jazz of the late 40s. Big bands series by mike callahan, david edwards, randy watts and patrice eyries last update. It was unique, trumpeter rusty dedrick, an alumnus of the claude thornhill. The song snowfall was written by claude thornhill and ruth thornhill and was first recorded and released by claude thornhill and his orchestra in 1941. Bigband leader and pianist who influenced the cool school with colors and textures not normally heard in jazz settings. Find claude thornhill discography, albums and singles on allmusic. With claude thornhill, marion colby, joaquin garay, nappy lamare. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ruth thornhill at the discogs marketplace. Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 revolutions per minute. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Claude thornhill and his orchestra claude thornhill plays george gershwin for dancing rca victor usa. Dont call it love billy barber, paul cohen, allan langstaff, louis mucci, p.
Claude thornhill born august 10, 1909 at terre haute, indiana died july 1, 1965, new york city was an american pianist, arranger and bandleader. Claude thornhill and his orchestra in searchworks catalog. Snowfall written by claude thornhill, ruth thornhill. All blame for any html errors not to mention the look of this site belongs to tyrone. For many years, claude thornhill s orchestra of the forties and early fifties was frequently referred to as a musicians orchestra, as it focused as much on the musicians as the music itself. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from claude thornhill at the discogs marketplace. No other swing era band sounded quite like claude thornhills.
Claude thornhill and his orchestra discography usa 45cat. The ambassadors 5 claude thornhill and his orchestra. Explore releases from claude thornhill and his orchestra at discogs. Claude thornhill, arranger with benny goodman orchestra.
Swing hangs on, soloists take off merit, it fell to the claude thornhill orchestra, especially with its many scores by gil evans, to produce the only fully original contribution to orchestral jazz apart from ellingtons ongoing work. Join facebook to connect with john claude thornhill and others you may know. Once a police village, thornhill is now a community and postal designation. Claude thornhill was born in terre haute, indiana, on august 10 1909. He composed the jazz and pop standards snowfall and i wish i had you, the last recorded by billie holliday. Kenneth norville, 31 march 1908, beardstown, illinois, usa, d. Music profile for claude thornhill, born 10 august 1909. During the mid1930s, thornhill arranged and played piano for andre kostelanetz.
Claude thornhill born august 10, 1908, terre haute, indiana, usa died july 1, 1965, caldwell, new jersey, usa was an american pianist, arranger, composer, and. A memory of claude thornhill, live form glen island casino june sept, top tracks. This edition presents the historic 19421953 recordings of the lively sound of the claude thornhill at its best. Although the thornhill band was a sophisticated dance band, it became known for its superior jazz musicians and for thornhills and gil evanss arrangements. This pianist favored moody, flowing charts that didnt get hot or fit in with the slow dancing sweet bands of the 40s. Oct 12, 2012 claude thornhill robbins nest 1947 the overjazz channel aims to offer only the best recordings of the begining era of modern music. Claude earl tiny thornhill april 14, 1893 june 30, 1956 was an allamerican college football player at pittsburgh and the head football coach at stanford from 1933 to 1939. Join facebook to connect with claude thornhill and others you may know. Claude thornhill and his orchestra the thornhill sound. Claude thornhill and his orchestra discography usa.
Her ambition was for him to become a concert pianist. November 14, 2009 the big bands series was first issued in the 198386 period as a halfspeed mastered, twolp vinyl box set. His mother, a choir director and church organist, encouraged him to pursue a musical career. The new thornhill band was hired to work at the capitol park casino in hartford, connecticut from april 8 to may 15 though the promoter padlocked the place and skipped town after only three days, the rendezvous ballroom at balboa beach, california from june 1 to 30 though the manager decided to open only a few nights a week, then six weeks at the mark hopkins hotel. Aug 05, 2014 claude thornhill born august 10, 1909 at terre haute, indiana died july 1, 1965, new york city was an american pianist, arranger and bandleader.
Albums include the golden years, loch lomond im coming virginia, and nice work if you can get it easy to love. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The fact that most of his recordings are so hard to come by this really is a treasure. The new thornhill band was hired to work at the capitol park casino in hartford, connecticut from april 8 to may 15 though the promoter padlocked the place and skipped town after only three days, the rendezvous ballroom at balboa beach, california from june 1 to 30 though the manager decided to open only a few nights a week, then six weeks at the mark hopkins hotel in san francisco. Thornhill, claude 1948 transcription performances amazon. As a youth, he was recognized as an extraordinary talent and formed a traveling duo with danny polo, a musical prodigy on the clarinet and trumpet from nearby clinton, indiana. Rediscover genius compositions from the parents of. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here.
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