Snowfall [Living Era]

• Artist: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
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• Release Date: November 23, 2004
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Any chance to appreciate the imaginative arrangements of Claude Thornhill is worth savoring, as his meticulous determination and playful disposition flutter out with each note he recorded. Living Era's Snowfall collection reflects this quite well; however, each of the recordings on the collection is in mono, and although that might be an exciting notion to purists, it does tend to rob some of the richness of Thornhill's dense arrangements. Regardless, the title track is delightful in any incarnation (and there are many, since it was the orchestra's theme) due to its cinematic shuffle and surprising dynamics. To hear it alongside Thornhill's arrangements of the traditional Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond" (led by Maxine Sullivan's lovely vocal) and "Autumn Nocturne" (during which Thornhill very cleverly overlays quotes from George Gershwin's classic "Rhapsody in Blue") as well as Gil Evans' forward-thinking arrangements of "I Knew You When," Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite," and others makes this set worth spinning on an early Saturday evening. ~ Gregory McIntosh, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Snowfall	Claude Thornhill	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:58)
Loch Lomond	Traditional	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:57)
The Doll Dance [From Hollywood Music Bix Revue]	Nacio Herb Brown	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:53)
O Sole Mio		Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:49)
Hungarian Dance No, 5		Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:42)
Träumerei (Dreaming) [From Kinderszenen]	Robert Schumann	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:50)
Portrait of a Guinea Farm	Claude Thornhill	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:16)
Where or When [From Babes in Arms]	Richard Rodgers	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:01)
Autumn Nocturne	Josef Myrow	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:11)
Buster's Last Stand	Claude Thornhill, Gil Evans	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:55)
There's a Small Hotel [From On Your Toes]	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:21)
Under the Willow Tree	Billy Reid	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:08)
Arab Dance [From The Nutcracker]	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(4:25)
I Get the Blues When It Rains	Harry Stoddard, Marcy Klauber	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:43)
A Sunday Kind of Love	Louis Prima, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Barbara Bell	Claude Thornhill	(3:24)
I Knew You When	John Frederick Coots, Herbert Magidson	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:21)
Early Autumn	Woody Herman, Ralph Burns, Johnny Mercer	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(2:55)
La Paloma (Grey Dove)	Sebastián Yradier	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(4:30)
Anthropology	Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:05)
Robbins' Nest	Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:17)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	James Van Heusen	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:19)
Donna Lee	Charlie Parker	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:05)
Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:21)
Let's Call It a Day [From Strike Me Pink]	Lew Brown, Ray Henderson	Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra	(3:14)

Credits

Harold Tennyson (Sax (Baritone)), Frederick Schmidt (French Horn), Babe Russin (Sax (Tenor)), Buddy Hughes (Vocals), Irving Fazola (Clarinet), Billy Exner (Drums), Hammond Russum (Clarinet), Dale Brown (Sax (Alto)), Martin Haskell (Audio Restoration), Victor Harris (Piccolo), Jimmy Abato (Clarinet), Peter Dempsey (Compilation), Harold Tennyson (Clarinet), Bob Walters (Clarinet), Mickey Folus (Sax (Tenor)), Babe Fresk (Sax (Tenor)), Ralph N. Harden (Trumpet), Irving Cottler (Drums), Snowflakes (Vocals), Buddy Stewart (Vocals), Martin Haskell (Remastering), Bill Bushey (Clarinet), Michael Glass (French Horn), Claude Thornhill (Piano), Chester Pardee (Clarinet), Carl Swift (Sax (Tenor)), Bill Bushey (Sax (Baritone)), Tak Takvorian (Trombone), Conrad Gozzo (Trumpet), Steve Steck (Trumpet), Lyle "Rusty" Dedrick (Trumpet), Mickey Folus (Clarinet (Bass)), Joe Reisman (Clarinet), Jimmy Gemus (Piccolo), Jack Ferrier (Sax (Alto)), Carl Swift (Clarinet), O'Neill Spencer (Drums), Chester Pardee (Sax (Baritone)), Walt Weschler (French Horn), Sandy Siegelstein (French Horn), Eddie Zandy (Trumpet), Al Antonucci (French Horn), Bob Jenney (Trombone), Tasso Harris (Trombone), Randy Brooks (Trumpet), Bob Walters (Sax (Alto)), Lee Konitz (Clarinet), Bill Bushey (Clarinet (Bass)), Chester Pardee (Clarinet (Bass)), Terri Goddard (Clarinet), Don Whitaker (Bass), Bill Motley (Sax (Alto)), John Kirby (Bass), Lillian Lane (Vocals), Terri Goddard (Sax (Tenor)), Victor Harris (Flute), Joe Aglora (Sax (Tenor)), Allen Hanlon (Guitar), Jerry Sanfino (Sax (Tenor)), Bill Glover (Sax (Alto)), Mario Rollo (Sax (Tenor)), Hammond Russum (Sax (Tenor)), Conn Humphreys (Clarinet), Lee Konitz (Sax (Alto)), Peter Dempsey (Liner Notes), Joe Reisman (Sax (Tenor)), Jack DuLong (Sax (Tenor)), Gil Evans (Arranger), Dale Brown (Clarinet), Conn Humphreys (Sax (Alto)), Jerry Rosa (Trombone), Jack Ferrier (Clarinet), Jimmy Gemus (Flute), David Lennick (Transfers), Joe Aguanno (Trumpet), Peter Dempsey (Transfers), Billy Barber (Tuba), Fran Warren (Vocals), John Graas (French Horn), Bill Motley (Clarinet), John Torick (Trombone), Claude Thornhill (Arranger), Red Rodney (Trumpet), Lesley Mitchell Clarke (Sax (Alto)), Danny Polo (Clarinet), Ray Hagan (Drums), Frankie Newton (Trumpet), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Clarence Willard (Trumpet), Maxine Sullivan (Vocals), Terri Goddard (Sax (Baritone)), Bill Glover (Flute), Nick Fatool (Drums), Lesley Mitchell Clarke (Clarinet), Bob Sprentall (Trumpet), Mario Rollo (Clarinet), Joe Shulman (Bass), Paul Cohen (Trumpet), Louis Mucci (Trumpet), Terri Goddard (Sax (Alto)), Jimmy Abato (Sax (Baritone)), Ray Crick (Compilation), Barry Galbraith (Guitar), Jake Koven (Trumpet), Mark Ranshaw (Artwork), Bud Smith (Trombone), Barney Spieler (Bass), Allan Langstaff (Trombone)