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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Essential Collection
Jazz - Paru chez Essential Collection le 15 sept. 2022
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Process 70
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2020
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Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best Of Billy May-Vol. 112
Jazz - Paru chez RP-DSP le 3 oct. 2011
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass (Mono Version)
Jazz - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Cha Cha! (Mono Version)
Pop - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Bacchanalia
Jazz - Paru chez Past Classics Jazz le 22 juil. 2008
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The Very Best Of Billy May
Jazz - Paru chez Past Classics Jazz le 23 juil. 2008
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The Girls and Boys On Broadway
Jazz - Paru chez Ling Music Group le 7 sept. 2010
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Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 1 janv. 1959
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