- published: 23 Jun 2009
- views: 22312
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"Autumn Nocturne" etc. Claude Thornhill Dance Parade side B
Autumn Nocturne
I Don't Know Why
Night And Day
You Were Meant For Me...
published: 26 Apr 2011
"Autumn Nocturne" etc. Claude Thornhill Dance Parade side B
Autumn Nocturne
I Don't Know Why
Night And Day
You Were Meant For Me
- published: 26 Apr 2011
- views: 2573
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Claude Thornhill Glen Island Casino 1947
Claude Thornhill AFRS One Night Stand Glen Island Casino First Song Where Or When. Origina...
published: 02 Apr 2012
Claude Thornhill Glen Island Casino 1947
Claude Thornhill AFRS One Night Stand Glen Island Casino First Song Where Or When. Original Air Date Was 06/23/1947. This may have been Claude's best orchestra- but aside from his 1946 hit recording, "A Sunday Kind Of Love" (with Fran Warren as vocalist), he did not have the same success as he almost attained before the war. The switch in record labels from Columbia to RCA Victor [with the recording ban of 1948-'49] didn't help, either. Nobody really appreciated Thornhill's sound at the time....and this generation has yet to rediscover him.
- published: 02 Apr 2012
- views: 664
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Claude Thornhill - Snowfall (1941)
Snowfall
(Ruth Thornhill / Claude Thornhill)
*Revised version in HD at http://youtu.be/9c...
published: 03 Dec 2011
Claude Thornhill - Snowfall (1941)
Snowfall
(Ruth Thornhill / Claude Thornhill)
*Revised version in HD at http://youtu.be/9cVBKhRJEBQ
Claude Thornhill & His Orch. - 1941
Jackie Gleason & His Orch. - 1956
The Montgomery Brothers - 1961
Tony Bennett - 1968
Henry Mancini - 1970
Emily Remler - 1988
The Manhattan Transfer - 1992
Also recorded by: Doris Day; Glenn Miller Singers;
Helen Merrill; Ahmad Jamal; Ramsey Lewis.
Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 at Terre Haute, Indiana -- July 1, 1965, New Jersey) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You", the last recorded by Billie Holiday.
Snowfall
Softly
Gently drift down
Snowflakes
Whisper
'Neath my window
Covering trees
Misty lights
Velvet breeze
'Round my doorstep
Gently
Softly
Silent
Snowfall
Covering trees
Misty lights
Velvet breezes
'Neath my window
Gently
And softly
Silent
Snowfall
Drift down
Drift down
Drift down
Snowfall
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- published: 03 Dec 2011
- views: 5991
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Claude Thornhill - Where or When (From Babes in Arms) 1941
"Where or When" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms. The ...
published: 01 Aug 2011
Claude Thornhill - Where or When (From Babes in Arms) 1941
"Where or When" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms. The lyrics illustrate a memory anomaly known as déjà vu: "It seems we stood and talked like this before. We looked at each other in the same way then. But I can't remember where or when... Some things that happen for the first time seem to be happening again." Those who have not experienced déjà vu often misunderstand the words "Some things that happen for the first time..." and substitute "Some things that happened for the first time..." which changes the meaning to mere recall of past events. The song lyrics mean: Some things that are now happening for the first time and never happened before, now falsely seem to be happening again. But I can't remember where or when because they never happened until now.Seem to be happening again." Those who have not experienced déjà vu often misunderstand the words "Some things that happen for the first time..." and substitute "Some things that happened for the first time..." which changes the meaning to mere recall of past events. The song lyrics mean: Some things that are now happening for the first time and never happened before, now falsely seem to be happening again. But I can't remember where or when because they never happened until now. Arrangment by Thornhill.
Claude Thornhill was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You", the last recorded by Billie Holiday.
- published: 01 Aug 2011
- views: 1444
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Gil Evans & Claude Thornhill - Snowfall (1947)
Gil Evans & Claude Thornhill - Snowfall (1947) - The Overjazz Channel aims to offer only t...
published: 13 Oct 2012
Gil Evans & Claude Thornhill - Snowfall (1947)
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- published: 13 Oct 2012
- views: 640
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Lee Konitz: Claude Thornhill Anecdote JAZZHEAVEN.COM Instructional Video Excerpt
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published: 20 Jul 2012
Lee Konitz: Claude Thornhill Anecdote JAZZHEAVEN.COM Instructional Video Excerpt
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Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.
Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the 40s, when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players.
Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he was noted for improvising long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the imposition of one time signature over another. Paul Desmond and, especially, Art Pepper were strongly influenced by Konitz.
His association with the Cool Jazz movement of the 1940s and 50s, includes participation in Miles Davis' epochal Birth of the Cool sessions, and his work with Lennie Tristano came from the same period. During his long career, Konitz has played with musicians from a wide variety of jazz styles.
Konitz began his professional career in 1945 with the Teddy Powell band as a replacement for Charlie Ventura. The engagement apparently did not start out smoothly, as Ventura is said to have banged his head against a wall when Konitz played. A month later the band parted ways. Between 1945 and 1947 he worked off and on with Jerry Wald. In 1946 he first met pianist Lennie Tristano and worked in a small cocktail bar with him. His next substantial work was done with Claude Thornhill in 1947, with Gil Evans arranging and Gerry Mulligan as a composer in most part.
In 1949 he teamed up with the Miles Davis group for one or two weeks and again in 1950 to record Birth of the Cool. Konitz has stated that he considered the group to belong to Gerry Mulligan, and credits Lennie Tristano as the true forebearer of "the cool". His debut as leader also came in 1949, with the release of Subconscious-Lee on Prestige Records. He also turned down an opportunity to work with Benny Goodman that same year—a decision he is on record as regretting.
In the early 1950s, Konitz recorded and toured with Stan Kenton's orchestra. In 1961, he recorded Motion with Elvin Jones on drums and Sonny Dallas on bass. This spontaneous session, widely regarded as a classic, consisted entirely of standards. The loose trio format aptly featured Konitz's unorthodox phrasing and chromaticism.
Charlie Parker lent him support on the day Konitz's child was being born in Seattle, Washington with him stuck in New York City. The two were actually good friends, and not the rivals some jazz critics once made them out to be.
In 1967, Konitz recorded The Lee Konitz Duets, a series of duets with various musicians. The duo configurations were often unusual for the period (saxophone and trombone, two saxophones). The recordings drew on very nearly the entire history of jazz, from Louis Armstrong's "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" with valve trombonist Marshall Brown to two completely free duos: one with a Duke Ellington associate, violinist Ray Nance, and one with guitarist Jim Hall.
Konitz has been quite prolific, recording dozens of albums as a band leader. He has also recorded or performed with Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones and others.
Amongst his latest recordings are a pair of trio dates with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden released on Blue Note as well a live album recorded in 2009 at Birdland and released by ECM in 2011 featuring the same lineup with the addition of drummer Paul Motian.
- published: 20 Jul 2012
- views: 267
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Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (1947)
Personnel: Eddie Z...
published: 29 Jan 2012
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (1947)
Personnel: Eddie Zandy, Red Rodney, Louis Mucci (trumpet), Vahey "Tak" Takvorian, Allan Langstaff (trombone), Walt Welscher, Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Danny Polo, Lee Konitz (clarinet, alto sax), Mario Rollo (clarinet, tenor sax), Bill Bushey (clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone sax), Mickey Folus (bass clarinet, baritone sax), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Claude Thornhill (piano, conduct), Joe Shulman (bass), Bill Exiner (drums), Gil Evans (arrange)
from the album 'CLAUDE THORNHILL ORCHESTRA FEATURING GIL EVANS ARRANGEMENTS - THE REAL BIRTH OF THE COOL'
- published: 29 Jan 2012
- views: 1865
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Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra - Snowfall (1941)
"Snowfall", a song by written by Claude Thornhill as the theme song for his orchestra. Cl...
published: 02 Jan 2011
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra - Snowfall (1941)
"Snowfall", a song by written by Claude Thornhill as the theme song for his orchestra. Claude Thornhill was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed this jazz and pop standard "Snowfall" and also "I Wish I Had You", which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
Photos are from three different editions of the Thornhill band. The large one with the sculptured decor on the bandstand is the 1953 band at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, with Bill Crow on bass, Winston Welch on drums, Gene Quill on lead alto.
I'd like to thank Bill Crow, an American jazz bassist and author as well as former member of Claude Thornhill's Band, for providing information listed here!
- published: 02 Jan 2011
- views: 12708
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Claude Thornhill - ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
「アンスロポロジー」
演奏：クロード・ソーンヒル楽団
編曲：ギル・エバンス
1947年録音
Claude Thornhill and his...
published: 11 May 2009
Claude Thornhill - ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
「アンスロポロジー」
演奏：クロード・ソーンヒル楽団
編曲：ギル・エバンス
1947年録音
Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra.
Arr.by Gil Evans
recorded 1947,9.4
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 8409
3:15
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra ft The Snowflakes - I Don't Know Why (I Love You) 1942
Claude Thornhill was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed ...
published: 19 Apr 2011
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra ft The Snowflakes - I Don't Know Why (I Love You) 1942
Claude Thornhill was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You", the last recorded by Billie Holiday.
- published: 19 Apr 2011
- views: 1454
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Claude Thornhill - Arab Dance (1946)
Claude Thornhill - Arab Dance (1946) - The Overjazz Channel aims to offer only the best re...
published: 12 Oct 2012
Claude Thornhill - Arab Dance (1946)
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- published: 12 Oct 2012
- views: 151
3:00
Claude Thornhill - Le Papillon
Though his career as an orchestra leader was relatively limited, pianist Claude Thornhill ...
published: 05 May 2011
Claude Thornhill - Le Papillon
Though his career as an orchestra leader was relatively limited, pianist Claude Thornhill left a huge legacy. He is often credited as the progenitor of cool jazz. His recordings, featuring innovative arrangements and unusual instrumentation, influenced and impressed many of the post-big band greats, especially Miles Davis. Thornhill's orchestra included arranger Gil Evans and musician Lee Konitz, who also became instrumental in Davis' sound.
Thornhill studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. His first professional job was with the Cleveland-based band led by Austin Wylie, where he joined clarinetist and close friend Artie Shaw. Both left Wylie for Irving Aaronson's Commanders in 1929 and, after touring the country, settled in New York, where they worked as studio musicians.
Thornhill quickly earned a good reputation and began to work with big name bands, including those of Benny Goodman, Russ Morgan, Paul Whiteman, Meyer Davis, Hal Kemp, Freddie Martin and Andre Kostelanetz. In 1934 he was asked to join Ray Noble's new American orchestra, which was being organized by his friend, Glenn Miller. After two years with Noble he moved to the West Coast, where he served as the musical arranger for the Skinnay Ennis Orchestra on the Bob Hope radio show. During this period Thornhill also worked with singer Maxine Sullivan, making her famous with the tunes ''Loch Lomond'' and ''Gone with the Wind.''
In early 1940 Thornhill formed his own orchestra, which subbed for Miller's orchestra at the Pennsylvania Hotel and for Sammy Kaye's group at the Commodore before taking off on a disastrous tour. Ballroom fires and dishonest promoters took their toll on the group's morale. Things quickly turned around however when they were booked into the Glen Island Casino during March of 1941.
Response to Thornhill's progressive jazz orchestra was tremendous from serious jazz fans. At times the group's six clarinets would all play in unison, the horns would sound long tones with almost no vibrato, and Thornhill's tinkling piano would alternate between beauty and humor. The group would play sweet and very soft, only to explode the next second into a burst of sound, much to the delight of radio engineers. Singers at that time were Bob Jenney, Betty Claire and Dick Harding.
Though it was on the verge of commercial success, after the orchestra's two-month stay at the casino ended it went on a tour from which it hardly broadcast and virtually disappeared from the public eye.
The group was booked into the Glen Island Casino again for the summer of 1942. By then its lineup included seven clarinets, two french horns, a tuba and a vocal group, the Snowflakes (Buddy Stewart, Lillian Lane, and Martha Wayne). The band's second time at the casino was just as successful as its first, but as the year progressed the draft took its toll on the musicians. Thornhill himself finally received the call, and the group was disbanded in October.
Thornhill instead opted for the Navy. Saying he wanted to stay away from music, he became an apprentice seaman, the lowest rank. The Navy, however, had musical plans for him anyway. He spent part of his three-year hitch playing in Artie Shaw's orchestra and the other part organizing groups on newly-occupied territories in the Pacific, where he worked closely with admirals Nimitz and Hulsey.
Discharged in 1946 Thornhill reorganized his civilian orchestra, with all but five of the original musicians returning. New vocalists were Fran Warren and Gene Williams. Though the new group was exciting it couldn't survive the downturn in the band business. It finally broke up in 1948. He was planning a comeback in 1965 when he suffered a double heart attack and passed away.
- published: 05 May 2011
- views: 951
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Claude Thornhill - Anthropology
Claude Thornhill - Anthropology - The Overjazz Channel aims to offer only the best recordi...
published: 12 Oct 2012
Claude Thornhill - Anthropology
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- published: 12 Oct 2012
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