Claude Thornhill and his orchestra / by Garrod, Charles

“…Claude Thornhill & his orchestra.…”

Claude Thornhill and his orchestra /

The 1948 transcription performances /

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Gil Evans : out of the cool : his life and music / by Stein Crease, Stephanie

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The birth of the cool of Miles Davis and his associates / by Tirro, Frank

Table of Contents: “…(Dave Brubeck Octet) -- Chelsea bridge (Duke Ellington) -- Wow (Lennie Tristano) -- Thriving on a riff (Claude Thornhill) -- Donna Lee (Claude Thornhill) -- Moon dreams (Miles Davis) -- Boplicity (Miles Davis) -- Jeru (Miles Davis) -- Godchild (Miles Davis) -- Rocker (Miles Davis) -- Rouge (Miles Davis) -- Israel (Miles Davis) -- Deception (Miles Davis) -- Summertime (Miles Davis) -- Morpo (Miles Davis)…”

The ladies who sing with the band / by Bennett, Betty, 1921-

Table of Contents: “…The early years -- Royce Stoenner -- New York adventures -- "We are the waves of the navy" -- Claude Thornhill -- Alvino Rey -- San Francisco and the Stan Kenton All-Stars -- Charlie Ventura and Woody Herman -- André Previn, part one -- Charlie Barnet -- André Previn, part two -- Benny Goodman -- Interim -- London -- Mundell Lowe -- Summing up…”

From Birdland to Broadway : scenes from a jazz life / by Crow, Bill

Table of Contents: “…-Pee Wee Marquette. -Claude Thornhill. -Gene Quill. -Terry Gibbs. -The Marian McPartland trio. …”
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Barney, Bradley, and Max : sixteen portraits in jazz / by Balliett, Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Fan (Jean Bach) -- Jazz clubs (Max Gordon, Barney Josephson, Bradley Cunningham) -- In the wilderness (Marie Marcus) -- Bright unison clarinets (Claude Thornhill) -- Chanting with Buster (Jimmy Rowles) -- Whatever happened to Mel Powell? …”

East to Wes / by Remler, Emily

Table of Contents: “…Daahoud / Clifford Brown (5:16) -- Snowfall / Claude Thornhill (6:36) -- Hot house / Tadd Dameron (5:41) -- Sweet Georgie Fame / Blossom Dearie, Sandra Harris (5:36) -- Ballad for a music box / Emily Remler (7:22) -- Blues for Herb / Emily Remler (6:24) -- Softly as in a morning sunrise / Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II (8:11) -- East to Wes / Emily Remler (6:12).…”
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Big band jazz.

Table of Contents: “…The "C" jam blues ; Main stem ; Happy go lucky local / (Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra) -- Till Tom special ; Flying home (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Down under ; Apple honey ; Bijou: Rhumba a la jazz; Four brothers (Woody Herman and his orchestra) -- Cool breeze (Billy Eckstine and his orchestra) -- A night in Tunisia: Interlude ; Boyd meets Stravinsky (Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra) -- Our delight ; Things to come (Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra) -- Robbins nest ; Donna Lee (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) -- Elevation (Elliot Lawrence and his orchestra) -- What's new? …”

The later swing era, 1942 to 1955 / by McClellan, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Music and socioeconomic characteristics -- Four masters of swing : Ella Fitzgerald ; Woody Herman ; Billy Strayhorn ; Teddy Wilson -- Big bands : Ray Anthony ; Tex Beneke ; Tiny Bradshaw ; Les Brown ; Billy Eckstine ; Les Elgart ; Dizzy Gillespie ; International Sweethearts of Rhythm ; Buddy Johnson ; Stan Kenton ; Elliot Lawrence ; Hal McIntyre ; Ray McKinley ; Lucky Millinder ; Vaughn Monroe ; Boyd Raeburn ; Buddy Rich ; Claude Thornhill ; Cootie Williams ; Gerald Wilson -- Vocalists : Cab Calloway ; June Christy ; Billy Eckstine ; Billie Holiday ; Herb Jeffries ; Peggy Lee ; Carmen McRae ; Anita O'Day ; Jimmy Rushing ; Frank Sinatra ; Kay Starr ; Sarah Vaughn ; Eddie Vinson ; Dinah Washington ; Joe Williams -- Small groups : Jonah Jones ; Louis Jordan ; Modern Jazz Quartet ; Oscar Peterson ; George Shearing ; Art Tatum ; Charlie Ventura ; Lu Watters' followers ; Bunk Johnson et al. ; Eddie Condon's Dixielanders -- A to Z.…”

Big bands' greatest hits.

Table of Contents: “…How high the moon (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Autumn nocturne (Charlie Spivak and his orchestra) -- I've got my love to keep me warm (Les Brown and his orchestra) -- Perdido (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- A Sunday kind of love (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) -- April in Paris (Freddy Martin and his orchestra) -- Mood indigo (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- Goodnight sweetheart (Ray Noble and his orchestra) -- On a slow boat to China (Kay Kyser and his orchestra) -- Skylark (Harry James and his orchestra) -- The three bells (The Jimmy song) (Sammy Kaye and his orchestra) -- For you (Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra) -- Leap frog (Les Brown and his orchestra) -- Early autumn (Woody Herman and his orchestra) -- You're getting to be a habit (Guy Lombardo and his orchestra) -- Three little fishes (Itty poo) (Kay Kyser and his orchestra) -- Indian love call (Tony Pastor and his orchestra) -- Celery stalks at midnight (Will Bradley and his orchestra) -- Hot lips (Henry Busse and his orchestra) -- Beat me daddy, eight to the bar (Will Bradley and his orchestra).…”

Jazz in revolution big bands in the 1940's.

Table of Contents: “…Mingus fingers (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Parker, C. Donna Lee (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra).…”

Hoagy Carmichael by Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981

Table of Contents: “…We're the couple in the castle (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) -- I should have known you years ago (The Charioteers) -- Two sleepy people (Hoagy Carmichael) -- Memphis in June (Harry James and his orchestra) -- Can't get Indiana off my mind (Kate Smith) -- Vagabond dreams (Gene Krupa and his orchestra) -- Way back in 1939 A.D. …”

Big bands' greatest hits.

Table of Contents: “…Billy (Orrin Tucker and his orchestra ; Wee Bonnie Baker, vocals) -- Sing, sing, sing (with a swing) (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Does your heart beat for me (Russ Morgan and his orchestra ; Mullen Sisters, vocals) -- I can't get started (Bunny Berigan and his boys) -- Sugar blues (Clyde McCoy and his orchestra) -- Snowfall (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) -- Sunrise serenade (Frankie Carle and his orchestra) -- Chopin nocturne in E-flat (Eddy Duchin).…”

American musicians II: seventy-two portraits in jazz / by Balliett, Whitney

Table of Contents: “…-- Big T (Jack Teagarden) -- Three tones (Vic Dickenson) -- Little jazz (Roy Eldridge) -- Big Sid (Sidney Catlett) -- The music is more important (Red Norvo) -- Art Tatum -- Wonder woman (Dorothy Donegan) -- You must start well and you must end well (Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt) -- Demi-centennial (Joe Bushkin) -- Super-drummer (Buddy Rich) -- First and last (Louis Bellson) -- Pres (Lester Young) -- Bird (Charlie Parker) -- Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie) -- A difficult instrument (Buddy DeFranco) -- Chanting with Buster (Jimmy Rowles) -- Like a family (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- Einfühlung (Ellis Larkins) -- Being a genius (Erroll Garner) -- Bob's your uncle (George Shearing) -- Zoot and Louise (Zoot Sims) -- The key of D is daffodil yellow (Marian McPartland) -- Super chops (Dave McKenna) -- The Westchester kids (Bob Wilber) -- Easier than working (Dick Wellstood) -- Aesthetic vitamins (Ruby Braff) -- A day with the Duke (Duke Ellington) -- Mingus at peace (Charles Mingus)-- A trombone mouth (Jimmy Knepper) -- Joe Wilder -- The answer is yes (Jim Hall) -- An insouciant sound (Paul Desmond) -- Here and abroad (Art Farmer) -- Herr Professor (Walter Norris) -- Poet (Tommy Flanagan) -- A walk to the park (Elvin Jones) -- Bright unison clarinets (Claude Thornhill) -- Ten levels (Lee Konitz) -- A true improviser (Warne Marsh) -- Good, careful melody (Michael Moore) -- A decent life (Gene Bertoncini) -- Ornette (Ornette Coleman) -- Cecil (Cecil Taylor).…”

The Bud Freeman All-Star swing sessions. by Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991

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