This article is about the musician and bandleader. For the college football coach, see Claude E. Thornhill.
Claude Thornhill
Thornhill, ca. 1947
Background information
Born
(1908-08-10)August 10, 1908 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Died
July 1, 1965(1965-07-01) (aged 56) Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Jazz, cool jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician, bandleader, arranger, composer
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1924–1965
Spouse(s)
Ruth Thornhill
(m. 1952)
Musical artist
Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965)[1] was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You".
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 395/6. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
ClaudeThornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall"...
included instruments such as French horns, flutes, and tubas. In 1939, ClaudeThornhill was hired for Hope's show, and he became a major influence on Evans...
of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger working with ClaudeThornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His piano-less quartet of the...
arrangement of "Donna Lee" for Thornhill. Davis agreed and then got the idea to "imitate the sound of ClaudeThornhill but with less people" for his nonet...
the sound of Birth of the Cool was band leader ClaudeThornhill and his orchestra. Out of Thornhill's band came Lee Konitz, Bill Barber, Gerry Mulligan...
Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with ClaudeThornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman. He was Jewish. He accepted an invitation...
standard, recorded by many artists. The song was first recorded by ClaudeThornhill and his Orchestra on November 11, 1946. He released the song as a single...
Gil Evans, and alto saxophonist Lee Konitz were all working for the ClaudeThornhill Orchestra, whose instrumentation included a French horn and tuba. In...
with the Charlie Barnet band before achieving some recognition with ClaudeThornhill. In 1947, she reached the music charts for the first time with the...
original recording, Gil Evans had already written an arrangement for ClaudeThornhill and His Orchestra in 1947, recorded with Lee Konitz on alto saxophone...
for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and ClaudeThornhill. In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City...
as a drummer playing in groups with Bernie Cummins, Tommy Dorsey, ClaudeThornhill, and Buddy Rich. He dropped a vowel from his legal name, Callias, when...
Knepper performed and recorded with Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, ClaudeThornhill, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Toshiko...
Squadronaires Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra Dan Terry Big Big Band - jazz ClaudeThornhill Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band The Top Hatters Orrin Tucker...
(Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra, 1939–1946) Dan Terry (1924-2011) ClaudeThornhill (1908-1965) Orrin Tucker (1911-2011) (Orrin Tucker and his Orchestra)...
Robinson, Harry Roy, Jan Savitt, Hank Snow, Teddy Stauffer, Dave Taylor, ClaudeThornhill, the Tornados, Vox and Guy Van Duser. Other notable performances include:...
Kitty Kallen and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Fran Warren with ClaudeThornhill, Doris Day with Les Brown, and Peggy Lee and Martha Tilton with Benny...
1930s Big Band Era, including that of Ozzie Nelson, Charlie Barnet, ClaudeThornhill, Les Brown, The Dorsey Brothers and Glenn Miller. Westchester County...
Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, and Teddy Powell. He played with ClaudeThornhill in 1941–1942 and again in 1946–1949 after serving in the Army. He did...
used by big bands such as those led by Boyd Raeburn, Charlie Ventura, ClaudeThornhill, and Stan Kenton, and the cerebral harmonic explorations of smaller...
merely becomes synonymous with "cool jazz", although Lester Young, ClaudeThornhill, and Miles Davis were based in New York. At the same time, many musicians...
sections. Some bandleaders such as John Kirby, Raymond Scott, and ClaudeThornhill were fusing swing with classical repertoire. Lower manpower requirements...
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