Cliff Townshend

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Cliff Townshend

cl, sax, 1916-1986 GB
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Clifford Blandford Townshend

Clifford Blandford "Cliff" Townshend (28 January 1916 – 29 June 1986) was an English jazz musician noted for playing the saxophone in The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra, popularly known as The Squadronaires. He was described by acquaintances as a quiet man with a wry sense of humor. He also played clarinet in the band and was respected by his peers as a talented and accomplished musician. His eldest son, Pete, gained renown as guitarist and principal composer for the seminal rock band The Who.

Instruments

Clarinet
Saxophone
Alto sax
Bariton sax

Genres

Classical
Soundtrack
Pop

Plays With

Frank Weir And His Astor Club Seven

Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists

Ronnie Aldrich And The Squadcats

The Squadronaires

Brendan O'Dowda

Cyril Stapleton And His Show Band

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Unchained Melody / Celeste	Cliff Townshend	1956	Album
Avenue L'Opera	Cliff Townshend	1956	Single

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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