Search results for "Claude Thornhill"

Claude Thornhill: Snowfall (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 11, 09

In the early 1940s, the opposite of "hot jazz" wasn't "cool jazz." The term "cool jazz" didn't exist at the time. A ...

Claude Thornhill: Yardbird Suite (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Once the Swing Era expired like a lapsed subscription to The Saturday Evening Post, many big-name bandleaders became ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Claude Thornhill (featuring Gil Evans): The Troubador (based on "The Old Castle" from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Ex... (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

I ask that you spend 99 cents and buy “Pictures at an Exhibition” (the orchestral version) orchestrated by Ravel, and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Claude Thornhill (featuring Gil Evans): Sorta Kinda (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

This recording has so many great Gil Evans arrangements that I'd easily qualify it as a must-own CD. I love this par...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Claude Thornhill at 100 posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 13, 09

More than twenty years have elapsed since New York audiences have been able to hear the repertoire of the great Cla...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia                 ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Bastien, Biddy (Ovid Bastien) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bastien, Biddy [Ovid Bastien], bass. Best known member of the family, known nationally for work with Gene Krupa band ...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: August 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages September 01, 09

Twenty-somethings on a jazz mission They want to build the jazz audience with money borrowed from mom. Re...

Evans, Gil (Ian Ernest Gilmore Green) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Arranger and composer Gil Evans made his mark on modern jazz by taking the sometimes-rough edges of bebop and smoothi...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Mulligan, Gerry (Gerald Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

Baritone saxophonist, composer and arranger Gerry Mulligan made key contributions to the emergence of the "cool jazz...

Konitz, Lee posted in Encyclopedia February 17, 09

           Lee Konitz with Miles Davis, Bud Powell and Art Blakey at Bir...

Rodney, Red (Robert Rodney Chudnick) posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09

Trumpeter Red Rodney’s bright tone acted as a natural bridge between swing and bebop. After his start with big bands,...

McKusick, Hal (Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McKusick, Hal [Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr], saxes, clarinets, flutes, composer (also Keyboard knowledge and orchestr...

Revisiting Jazz Classics posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 10, 08

Five days per week, jazz.com highlights a classic recording from the past. This feature, called A Classic Revisit...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Sullivan, Maxine (Marietta Williams) posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Known for her swing versions of Scottish folk tunes, singer Maxine Sullivan's hits did not always do justice to her i...

Gil Evans: La Nevada (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

“La Nevada” is Spanish for “Snowfall,” bandleader Claude Thornhill’s theme. Yet in contrast to the airtight orchestra...

Miles Davis: Moon Dreams (live) (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

Claude Thornhill's big band featured extended medleys for dancing. One of these, arranged by Gil Evans, consisted of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BIRTH OF THE COOL

On September 4, 1948, a live broadcast from the Royal Roost featured a group led by trumpeter Miles Davis. Th...

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