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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Music for Uptight Guys
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 7 févr. 2022
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The Girls and Boys on Broadway
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2020
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The Green Hornet: Theme from the Television Series (Billy May) Single
Dominik Hauser, Chris Tedesco, Roy Wiegand
Bandes originales - Paru chez BSX Records le 5 juill. 2012
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Deluxe Edition
Jazz - Paru chez deluxer 60's hits le 17 juill. 2019
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The Essential Work of
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Music Manager le 1 sept. 2015
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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (Original Soundtrack) [1957]
Billy May, United Artists Studio Orchestra
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Classic Soundtrack Collector le 1 nov. 2013
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Billy May’s Bacchanalia and Naughty Operetta
Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) - Paru chez The Digital Gramophone le 15 janv. 2013
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Billy May's Naughty Operetta!
Jazz - Paru chez Stage Door le 1 janv. 1955
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Three Classic Billy May Albums: Billy May's Naughty Operetta!/Billy May's Bacchanalia/Cha-Cha!
Jazz - Paru chez Stage Door le 8 sept. 2014
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Lets Have A Drink
Jazz - Paru chez obligat music le 23 nov. 2015
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Best of the Essential Years: Billy May
Jazz - Paru chez Xelon Entertainment le 20 juill. 2012
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Paru chez CoolNote le 12 sept. 2019
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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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