Also known as Clifford Edward Thornton III
American musician (1939-1989)
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One of the most underrated and criminally overlooked free jazz trumpet/trombone players remains to be Clifford Thornton. Born in Philadelphia sometime in 1936, Thornton studied with hard bop trumpeter Donald Byrd during the mid-'50s and played with numerous other jazz musicians, including the great tuba player Ray Draper. After joining the army, Thornton settled down in New York City -- appearing on albums by other artists (Sun Ra's Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow, Sunny Murray's Homage to Afri
5 total works indexed
· 2016 · cited 22,933x
· 1993 · cited 21,423x
· 2008 · cited 17,486x
· 2011 · cited 13,274x
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