1946-47 Performances, Vol. 2

by Claude Thornhill

Overview

The U.K.'s Hep label continues its tribute to Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra with this second volume devoted specifically to recordings made in 1946 and 1947. Opening with a pair of definitively rare transcription discs from an unspecified date in 1946, this exciting compilation plows through the standard Thornhill session discography from August 11 to December 17, 1947, salvaging a long-lost alternate rendition of "La Paloma" and an adaptation of "The Troubadour," a movement from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. What makes this edition perhaps more adventuresome than Vol. 1 is the emphasis upon early modern jazz. This means that even as the sweet element was still active (especially in the form of pop tunes interpreted by vocalist Fran Warren), Thornhill was hiring skilled young improvisers like Red Rodney, Danny Polo, and Lee Konitz while granting arranger Gil Evans freedom and license to incorporate bop themes and progressive tropes into the band's operative infrastructure. Suddenly, Thornhill's book was sprouting contemporary outgrowths like Trummy Young's "Sorta Kinda" and Sir Charles Thompson and Illinois Jacquet's "Robbins' Nest," as well as Dizzy Gillespie and/or Charlie Parker compositions like "Anthropology," "Donna Lee," and "Yardbird Suite." The omission of ten quartet recordings dating from this part of the Thornhill chronology suggests that the producers saved the more intimate small-group episodes for a different volume in the series. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2007
Label:	Hep
UPC:	0603366007425
Rank:	169661

Tracks

1. Let's Go
2. Lodge Podge
3. The Troubadour
4. La Paloma
5. Adios
6. Love for Love
7. Anthropology
8. Sorta Kinda
9. Don't Call It Love
10. Robbins' Nest
11. I Never Loved Anyone
12. Lover Man
13. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
14. The Happy Stranger
15. Donna Lee
16. Look for the Silver Lining
17. Just About This Time Last Night
18. For Heaven's Sake
19. Whip-Poor-Will
20. I Remember Mama
21. Yardbird Suite
22. Tell Me Why
23. Let's Call It a Day

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Claude Thornhill   Primary Artist,Piano
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Jack DuLong   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Les Clark   Flute,Sax (Alto)
John Torick   Trombone
Bill Bushey   Clarinet,Sax (Baritone),Clarinet (Bass)
Walter Welscher   Flugelhorn
Billy Ray Barber   Tuba
Jake Koven   Trumpet
Allan Langstaff   Trombone
Eddie Zandy   Trumpet
Joe Aglora   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Al Antonucci   French Horn
Emil Terry   Trumpet
Bill Glover   Flute,Sax (Alto)
Ted Goddard   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Iggy Shevak   Bass
Irving Cottler   Drums
James Genus   Flute,Piccolo
Fran Warren   Vocals
Lee Konitz   Soloist,Sax (Alto)
Sandy Siegelstein   Flugelhorn
Louis Mucci   Trumpet
Mickey Folus   Soloist,Sax (Tenor),Clarinet (Bass)
Bob Jenney   Trombone
Barry Galbraith   Guitar,Soloist
Jack Ferrier   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Paul Cohen   Trumpet
Red Rodney   Soloist,Trumpet
Victor Harris   Flute,Piccolo
Clarence Willard   Trumpet
Danny Polo   Soloist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Jerry Rosa   Trombone
Tak Takvorian   Soloist,Trombone
Mario Rollo   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Billy Exner   Drums
Bob Walters   Clarinet

Technical Credits

Alastair Robertson   Audio Production,Producer,Liner Notes
Ted Kendall   Remastering,Audio Restoration
Sebastian Yradier   Composer
Tiffany Gillespie Hutchings   Composer
Claude Thornhill   Arranger
James Van Heusen   Composer
Gil Evans   Arranger
Trummy Young   Composer