Pianist, composer and arranger Claude Thornhill joined the Skinnay Ennis Band on the Bob Hope Show soon after its radio debut on Sept. 27, 1938. The program catapulted Hope to stardom and forged a ...

Here in Terre Haute a musical prodigy exploded onto the scene. Claude Thornhill was born Aug. 10, 1908. He grew up in the 12 Points neighborhood at 13th Street and Collett Avenue and attended ...

Jazz vocalist Chris Connor, who sang with the Claude Thornhill and Stan Kenton orchestras and recorded dozens of successful albums and singles, died of cancer Aug. 29 in Toms River, N.J. She was 81.

Tom Talbert, a self-taught pianist who arranged music for jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton and Claude Thornhill, has died. He was 80. Talbert died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center… ...

George Shearing and McPartland play a lively duet in "Let It Snow," and Shearing gives a solo performance of the lovely "Snowfall" by Claude Thornhill. Next, singer Tony DeSare does his cozy ...