Snowfall
Context
Composed and arranged by Claude Thornhill, this piano piece was recorded in 1941, shortly after the formation of his orchestra. The muted sound and unusual instrumentation of the Thornhill orchestra, to which Gil Evans contributed as arranger, served in part as a model for Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool nonet.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.