Claude Thornhill

USA, 1931–1965

American pianist and bandleader (1908-1965), conservatory-trained at Cincinnati and Curtis. His orchestra played ballads at a near-standstill with vibrato stripped out of the horns, a sound one writer called a cloud hanging in the air, and cool jazz came out of it.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Claude Thornhill and 1 artist Claude Thornhill influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Claude Thornhill influence?

• Gil Evans — Thornhill hired Evans in 1941 and handed him the sound he spent a career refining — those unusual brass and woodwind voicings.