WETF Show - Claude Thornhill Orchestra, 1947-8 . .with Lee Konitz, Danny Polo, Red Rodney, Barry Galbraith
Jazz Focus
English - November 24, 2022 00:41 - 1 hour - 55 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMusic History Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Claude Thornhill led several of the most innovative bands of the Swing Era. With french horns, tubas and a clarinet section he created arrangements like "Snowfall" that were almost impressionistic . . by 1947 he was using arrangers like Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan and Rusty Dedrick who incorporated bebop and soon to be "Cool" influences into his style as well . . great soloists such as Lee Konitz, Danny Polo, Red Rodney, Barry Galbraith and Mickey Folus are also featured on these studio recordings for Columbia and electric radio transcriptions.
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