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In 1939, he founded the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Polo was his lead clarinet player. Although the Thornhill band was a sophisticated dance band, it became known for its superior jazz musicians and for Thornhill's and Gil Evans's arrangements. The band played without vibrato, so that the timbres of the instruments could be better ...
25. Juni 2012 · By 1939 Thornhill was ready to start his own band, and he worked hard to develop an original sound—one that would evolve over the next 10 years, described by jazz writer Ira Gitler as “vibrato used sparingly to heighten expressiveness; trumpets and trombones that could imitate French horns; unison clarinets suggesting strings ...
CLAUDE THORNHILL. "The Sound Hung Like a Cloud". by Christopher Popa December 2006. He was warm, charming, and delightful (even strange at times), and led a beautiful-sounding orchestra, that, unlike others, included two French horns, a six-man clarinet choir, and, later, a tuba.
26. Dez. 2016 · The story: Pianist/arranger Claude Thornhill (1909-1965), (shown at right in 1940), led some of the most exquisite bands of the swing era. His musical ideas were unconventional when compared with what almost all other swing era bands did.
CLAUDE THORNHILL. Big Band / Swing • United States. Jazz music community with review and forums. 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 ...
1. Dez. 2017 · Despite having a career as a bandleader that eventually stretched (with interruptions) over twenty-five years, much of what Claude Thornhill (1909-1965) did and why he did it remains shrouded in mystery.
10. Aug. 2023 · Thornhill established his own orchestra in 1939, and it went on to rank among the most recognizable and significant bands of its era. Swing music dominated the jazz world when the Claude Thornhill Orchestra first appeared, but Thornhill’s style was unique and reflected a cooler, more relaxed tone.
