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 - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-01-1957
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Grandes Orquestas, Billy May
Jazz - Editado por Sotelysa Digital el 27-10-2015
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Les Grands Trompettistes De Jazz: Billy May, Vol. 1
Jazz - Editado por Mpm el 01-05-2020
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A Band Is Born
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-01-1952
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Billy May Plays The Standards
Lounge - Editado por EMI Catalogue el 01-01-2004
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Bill's Bag
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 21-04-1963
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The Best Of "The Capitol Years"
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-03-1993
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 12-09-2019
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Big Band Bash!
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-01-2000
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Naughty Operetta!
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 05-07-1955
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Plays For Fancy Dancin'
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-01-1957
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The Girls And Boys On Broadway
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 17-12-1960
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The Trumpet of Billy May (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por Master Tape Records el 04-10-2019
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Sorta-May
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 07-05-1955
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The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings
Jazz - Editado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) el 01-01-1962
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Say It Isn't So : Dancing with Billy May
Dance - Editado por Mach60 Music el 01-02-2016
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Editado por Past Classics el 12-09-2019
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Naugthy Operetta!
Jazz - Editado por Vintage Music el 01-10-2012
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Highlights of Billy May
Pop - Editado por Weishaupt Music & Entertainment el 29-03-2017
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