Billy May
The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz. His first notable gig was as an arranger/trumpeter with Charlie Barnet (1938-1940), for whom he wrote the wah-wah-ing hit arrangement of Ray Noble's "Cherokee." Later, he worked in the same capacities for Glenn Miller (1940-1942) and Les Brown (1942) before settling into staff jobs, first at NBC studios, then at Capitol Records, where he led his own studio big band from 1951 to 1954. His arrangements for Sinatra, beginning with Come Fly With Me (1957) and ending with Trilogy (1979), are often in a walloping, brassy, even taunting swing mode, generating some of the singer's most swaggering vocals. May also did extensive scoring for television, film, and commercials. Although May was largely inactive in the '80s and '90s , he unexpectedly surfaced in 1996 with some typically bright big band charts for comic Stan Freberg's The United States of America, Vol. 2 (Rhino), 25 years after his contributions to Vol. 1. The veteran arranger died quietly at home on January 22, 2004 at the age of 87.
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Paru chez Past Classics le 12 sept. 2019
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Highlights of Billy May
Pop - Paru chez Weishaupt Music & Entertainment le 29 mars 2017
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The Best Big Bands - Jazz Classics from the 1950s, Vol.9
Jazz - Paru chez Documents le 23 déc. 2014
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Arthur Murray Favorites Mambos (Mono Version)
The Rico Mambo Orchestra, Billy May
Musiques du monde - Paru chez BNF Collection le 22 janv. 2021
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Cha-Cha!
Amérique latine - Paru chez Vintage Music le 10 sept. 2011
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Come Dance With Me!
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 12 sept. 2019
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Anita O'Day & Billy May Swing Rodgers & Hart
Jazz vocal - Paru chez Music Manager le 1 janv. 1960
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Naughty Operetta
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2020
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Big Band Classics
Les Brown, Billy May, Billy May & His Orchestra
Pop - Paru chez Intersound le 30 sept. 2002
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Big Band Bash! (Billy May)
Jazz - Paru chez Past Classics Jazz le 22 juil. 2008
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Cherokeely Swings (Remastered)
Jazz vocal - Paru chez Vintage Cellar le 1 janv. 1962
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 12 sept. 2019
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Theme from "The Threepenny Opera" (Moritat) (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 12)
Pop - Paru chez Music Manager le 25 sept. 2020
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The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds of No Strings
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2020
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In a Dressing Room
Jazz - Paru chez dressing room le 3 févr. 2023
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Main Title Theme From 'Man with the Golden Arm'
Jazz - Paru chez Black Sheep Music le 1 août 2013
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