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| 1. | Poor Little Rich Girl
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| 2. | Adios
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| 3. | Where or When
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| 4. | Spanish Dance
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| 5. | Anthropology
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| 6. | Baia
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| 7. | Arab Dance
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| 8. | Robbins' Nest
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| 9. | Royal Garden Blues
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| 10. | Polka Dots and Moonbeams
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| 11. | There's a Small Hotel
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| 12. | I Knew You When
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| 13. | Someone to Watch over Me
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| 14. | Sometimes I'm Happy
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| 15. | I Don't Know Why
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| 16. | April in Paris
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| 17. | Begin the Beguine
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| 18. | Godchild
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| 19. | The Song Is You
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| 20. | La Paloma (Grey Dove)
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| 21. | Lover Man
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| 22. | To Each His Own
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| 23. | Elevation
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Jazz
Claude Thornhill - Arranger, Piano
Allan Langstaff - Trombone
Barry Galbraith - Guitar
Bill Exiner - Drums
Billy Barber - Tuba
Bob Peck - Trumpet
Danny Polo - Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Gene Roland - Arranger, Trumpet
Gerry Mulligan - Arranger, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Jerry Sanfino - Sax (Tenor)
Joe Derise - Guitar
Joe Shulman - Bass
Johnny Carisi - Arranger, Trumpet
Johnny Napton - Trumpet
Lee Konitz - Sax (Alto)
Leon Cox - Trombone
Louis Mucci - Trumpet
Snowflakes - Vocals
Walter Welscher - French Horn
* Andy Phillips - Arranger
* Gil Evans - Arranger
* John Haxby - Design
* Ted Kendall - Digital Remastering, Transfers
* William Gottlieb - Photography
This CD has the only existing performances of the Claude Thornhill Orchestra from 1948, a year when a recording strike kept most bands off of records. With many charts by Gil Evans or Gerry Mulligan, the Thornhill big band was often quite bop-oriented and featured fine solos from clarinetist Danny Polo, altoist Lee Konitz and the tenor of Mickey Folus; a few numbers also include Brew Moore on tenor, baritonist Gerry Mulligan and trumpeter Gene Roland. In addition there are some vocals from the Snowflakes (a vocal quintet) and Joe Derise. The highly enjoyable and somewhat historical CD is easily recommended to bop collectors and listeners who are interested in the later Claude Thornhill Orchestra.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Claude Thornhill
Active Decades: '30s, '40s and '50s
Born: Aug 10, 1909 in Terre Haute, IN
Died: Jul 01, 1965 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Cool, Sweet Bands
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 orchestra's sound had on cool jazz of the late '40s. After studying at a music conservatory and playing piano in bands based in the Midwest, Thornhill worked for Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman in 1934, and for Ray Noble's American band of 1935-1936 (for whom he also arranged). He appeared on some Billie Holiday records and his arrangement of "Loch Lomond" was a big hit for Maxine Sullivan. Although he recorded as a leader in 1937, it was in 1940 that Thornhill put together his own orchestra. The band, featuring long tones played by horns that de-emphasized vibrato, had an unusual sound that sometimes accompanied the leader's tinkling piano. The instrumentation included two French horns and a tuba; sometimes all six of the reeds played clarinets in unison. Although classified by some as a sweet rather than swing band (since the group played a lot of ballads), with the addition in 1941 of Gil Evans as one of the arrangers, the recordings of Thornhill's orchestra attracted a lot of attention in the jazz world.
After a period in the miliary (1942-1945), Thornhill put together a new orchestra, retaining the services of Gil Evans (and sometimes using Gerry Mulligan charts as well) and featuring such soloists as altoist Lee Konitz, clarinetist Danny Polo, and trumpeter Red Rodney. Some of Evans' bop-ish arrangements for the group were classic, and the Miles Davis Nonet of 1948 was based on many of the cool-toned principles of the Thornhill big band. However, by then the pianist's glory days were over. He continued leading bands on a part-time basis up until his death, but Claude Thornhill was largely neglected and forgotten during his final 15 years.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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