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Claude Martin Thornhill (* 10. August 1909 in Terre Haute, Indiana; † 1. Juli 1965 in New York, New York) war ein amerikanischer Arrangeur sowie Bandleader und Pianist des Claude Thornhill Orchestra, das Jazz-Versionen populärer Tanz- und Unterhaltungsstücke in Swing, Bebop und Cool Jazz spielte.
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".
24. Aug. 2021 · The birth of the cool began in Thornhill’s hometown of Terre Haute, Ind., a city on the Wabash River where Thornhill was born Aug. 10, 1908. The shy-but-gifted boy was a prodigal pianist, playing as a teenager in movie houses, on riverboats and with local orchestras.
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Claude Thornhill. While some of his recordings are not well-known and his orchestra was only popular in the early 40s, Claude Thornhill was a major contributor to jazz. His arrangements and orchestra’s sound influenced the cool jazz of late ’40s.
3. Jan. 2013 · Claude Thornhill was a pianist, composer, and arranger whose 1940s big band helped shape the sound of modern jazz, with orchestral bop and ethereal ballads tinged with classical influences that set the stage for later masterpieces by Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Through his unusual instrumentation and subtle sense of dynamics ...
25. Juni 2012 · The shy-but-gifted boy was a prodigal pianist, playing as a teenager in movie houses, on riverboats and with local orchestras. The Terre Haute Star, somewhat prophetically, called him “years ahead of his time in the playing of modern popular music.”
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.
