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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Best of the Essential Years: Billy May
Jazz - Paru chez Xelon Entertainment le 20 juil. 2012
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Billy May's Naughty Operetta!
Jazz - Paru chez Past Classics Jazz le 6 mars 2008
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Nightingale
Jazz - Paru chez oldies and hits for future le 28 mai 2019
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Girls & Boys
Classique - Paru chez Strings & Things le 14 janv. 2011
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Billy May's Bacchanalia!
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 16 sept. 2019
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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 14 nov. 2017
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The Best Of The Stan Freberg Shows
Billy May, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
Humour - Paru chez lol le 1 janv. 2000
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Elegant Jazz
Jazz - Paru chez Music Today Records le 5 sept. 2014
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Billy May's Bacchanalia!
Jazz - Paru chez Stage Door le 16 sept. 2019
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Cheaper Tricks
Jazz - Paru chez tricki masters mind le 2 oct. 2020
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