Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan for Sale

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Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan For Sale

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Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan:
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Personnel:

Claude Thornhill (p, dir), Randy Brooks, Conrad Gozzo, SteveSteck, Rusty Dedrick, Jack Koven, Louis Mucci, Clarence Willard, Emil Terry,Red Rodney, Paul Cohen, Johnny Carisi, Gene Roland, Sonny Rich (tp), TassoHarris, Bud Smith, Bob Jenney, Ray Schmidt, Leon Cox, Billy Ver Planck (tb),John Graas, Vincent Jacobs, Fred Schmidt (Frh), Bill Barber (tuba), Danny Polo,Bob Walters, Lee Konitz (cl, as), Gene Quill, Med Flory (as), Ted Goddard,George Paulson, John Nelson, Jerry Sanfino, Brew Moore, Ralph Aldridge (cl,ts), Buddy Dean (cl, bs), Gerry Mulligan (bs), Barry Galbraith, Joe Derise (g),Marty Blitz, Joe Schulman (b), Irv Cottler, Billy Exiner (d), Al Epstein(perc), Buddy Hughes (vcl)

This edition presents the historic 1942-1953 recordings ofthe lively sound of the Claude Thornhill at it\'s best.

For many years, Claude Thornhill\'s orchestra of the Fortiesand early Fifties was frequently referred to as a musicians orchestra, as itfocused as much on the musicians as the music itself. Thornhill\'s music wasclearly way ahead of its time, yet today his sumptuous, mellow jazz soundremains one of the biggest influences for many contemporary big band jazzarrangers. He worked to extend the range of a popular dance orchestra bycontinually adding new harmonies and voices. In the truest sense of the word,the Thornhill orchestra was an experimental group and this experimentation mademostly exciting and provocative listening. As the respected music critic GeorgeT. Simon stated: \"One of the many charms of Claude Thornhill\'s music hasalways been his amazing ability to mingle seemingly opposite forms of dancemusic with one another, setting one against the other so delicately and sodelightfully that each benefits by comparison, and yet never losing its ownidentity of that of a Thornhill orchestra.\" The richness of the Thornhillsound ranged from the delicate treatment of ballads to imaginativeinstrumentals that exploited the full sonorities of the group. The reed sectionwas the most outstanding part of the band. This was more than just a five-mansax team, for a great deal of the material was written with two French horns,then scored right along with the reeds.

Claude, like very few other leaders, always displayed a raretalent for organizing and encouraging adventurous musicians, for uncoveringbudding talent and giving it the opportunity to grow. In this compilation wecan hear the most outstanding jazz arrangements that Gil Evans and Gerry Mulliganpenned for the orchestra right before these gifted musicians achieved fame astwo of the most talented, creative and progressive arrangers in the modern jazzlanguage. Both were major voices in forcing and shaping the sound of thehistoric 1949 recordings of the Miles Davis Nonet for the Capitol label. Theyadded both form and depth to Thornhill\'s style and what is loosely termed asjazz feeling. What started out as the greatest sweet band in the land becameone of the finest modern jazz aggregations of them all. In addition, itcontinued to play the prettiest, most mood-provoking ballads in the history ofthe dance band idiom.

TRACKLIST:

01. Buster\'s Last Stand (Evans-Thornhill) 2:54

02. Under the Willow Tree (B. Reid) 3:07

03. Arab Dance (P.I. Tchaicovsky) 4:21

04. La paloma (S. Yradier) 4:28

05. Anthropology (Gillespie-Parker) 3:02

06. Sorta Kinda (J. Young) 2:46

07. Robbins\' Nest (Thompson-Jacquet) 3:14

08. Lover Man (Davis-Sherman-Ramirez) 3:24

09. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 3:15

10. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) 3:01

11. Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) 3:19

12. Poor Little Rich Girl (Rodgers-Hart) 3:08

13. Sometimes I\'m Happy (Youmans-Caesar) 2:34

14. Someone to Watch Over Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:50

15. Godchild (George Wallington) 3:08

16. The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein II) 3:00

17. To Each His Own (Livingston-Evans) 2:36

18. Elevation (Gerry Mulligan) 2:54

19. Jeru (Gerry Mulligan) 3:03

20. Rose of the Rio Grande (Warren-Gorman-Leslie) 2:56

21. Poor Little Rich Girl (Rodgers-Hart) 2:35

22. Five Brothers (Gerry Mulligan) 2:58

23. Family Affair (Ralph Aldridge) 2:57

24. Mambo Nothing (Ralph Aldridge) 2:43

Arrangements by Gil Evans (#1-11), Gerry Mulligan (#12-22),and Ralph Aldridge (#23-24).

Collective personnel includes:

Randy Brooks, Conrad Gozzo, Steve Steck, Rusty Dedrick, JackKoven, Louis Mucci, Clarence Willard, Emil Terry, Eddie Zandy, Paul Cohen,Johnny Vohs, Johnny Napto, Johnny Carisi, Dale Pearce, Gene Roland, Bob Peck,Red Rodney, Dick Sherman, Sonny Rich (tp), Tasso Harris, Bud Smith, Bob Jenney,Johnny Torick, Tak Takvorian, Allan Langstaff, Leon Cox, Owen Masingill, BillyVer Plank (tb), John Graas, Vincent Jacobs, Al Antonucci, Fred Schmidt, SandySiegelstein, Walt Welscher, Al Antonucci, Junior Collins (Frh), Bill Barber,Harold Weskel (tu), Bob Walters (cl), Gene Quill, Les Clark, Med Flory (as),Ray Norman, Dave Figg (ts), Lee Konitz, Danny Polo, Bob Walters, Jack Ferrier,Ted Goddard (cl,as), Ralph Aldridge, Brew Moore, Ted Goddard, George Paulson,Jerry Sanfino, Mickey Folus, Mario Rollo, John Nelson, Carl Swift (cl, ts),Gerry Mulligan, Dick Zubak (bs), Bill Bushey, Chat Pardee, Buddy Dean (cl, bs),Joe Derise, Barry Galbraith (g), Claude Thornhill (p), Marty Blitz, RussSaunders, Richard Iggy Shevack, Joe Schulman, Bob Petersen (b), Irv Cottler ,Billy Exiner, Winston Welch (dr), Al Epstein (cga), Buddy Hughes (vcl).

All sessions recorded in New York City:

Track #1, June 19 1942

Tracks #2-3, July 17, 1946

Track #4, August 11, 1947

Track #7, October 17, 1947

Tracks #8-10, November 6, 1947

Track #11, December 15, 1947

Tracks #12,13,14, April 1948

Tracks #15-18, May 1948

Tracks #19-24, April 28, 1953

Liner notes, compiled and produced for CD release byJordi Pujol

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Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan For Sale

Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan: $19.98

Claude Thornhill Play The Great Jazz Arrangements Of Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan:
$19.98