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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Jimmie Lunceford In Hi-Fi
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1957
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Grandes Orquestas, Billy May
Jazz - Paru chez Sotelysa Digital le 27 oct. 2015
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Les Grands Trompettistes De Jazz: Billy May, Vol. 1
Jazz - Paru chez Mpm le 1 mai 2020
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A Band Is Born
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1952
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Yma Sumac Mambo! (Mono Version)
Yma Sumac, Billy May, The Rico Mambo Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
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Bill's Bag
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 21 avr. 1963
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Billy May Plays The Standards
Lounge - Paru chez EMI Catalogue le 1 janv. 2004
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The Best Of "The Capitol Years"
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 mars 1993
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Big Band Bash!
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 2000
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Naughty Operetta!
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 5 juil. 1955
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 12 sept. 2019
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Plays For Fancy Dancin'
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1957
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The Girls And Boys On Broadway
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 17 déc. 1960
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The Trumpet of Billy May (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez Master Tape Records le 4 oct. 2019
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Sorta-May
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 7 mai 1955
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The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings
Jazz - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1962
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 mai 2011
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Remastered Hits (All Tracks Remastered)
Lounge - Paru chez jjjedizionimusicali le 7 sept. 2023
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Say It Isn't So : Dancing with Billy May
Dance - Paru chez Mach60 Music le 1 févr. 2016
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