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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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Editado por Past Classics el 12 sept. 2019
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Naugthy Operetta!
Jazz - Editado por Vintage Music el 1 oct. 2012
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Harp with a Beat
Jazz - Editado por HiFi Records el 27 feb. 2019
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Highlights of Billy May
Pop - Editado por Weishaupt Music & Entertainment el 29 mar. 2017
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The Best Big Bands - Jazz Classics from the 1950s, Vol.9
Jazz - Editado por Documents el 23 dic. 2014
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Arthur Murray Favorites Mambos (Mono Version)
The Rico Mambo Orchestra, Billy May
World music - Editado por BNF Collection el 22 ene. 2021
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Cha-Cha!
América latina - Editado por Vintage Music el 10 sept. 2011
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Come Dance With Me!
Jazz - Editado por Music Manager el 12 sept. 2019
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Anita O'Day & Billy May Swing Rodgers & Hart
Jazz vocal - Editado por Music Manager el 1 ene. 1960
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Naughty Operetta
World music - Editado por TP4 Music el 6 ene. 2020
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Big Band Classics
Les Brown, Billy May, Billy May & His Orchestra
Pop - Editado por Intersound el 30 sept. 2002
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Big Band Bash! (Billy May)
Jazz - Editado por Past Classics Jazz el 22 jul. 2008
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Cherokeely Swings (Remastered)
Jazz vocal - Editado por Vintage Cellar el 1 ene. 1962
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Editado por Music Manager el 12 sept. 2019
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Theme from "The Threepenny Opera" (Moritat) (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 12)
Pop - Editado por Music Manager el 25 sept. 2020
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The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds of No Strings
World music - Editado por TP4 Music el 6 ene. 2020
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In a Dressing Room
Jazz - Editado por dressing room el 3 feb. 2023
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Main Title Theme From 'Man with the Golden Arm'
Jazz - Editado por Black Sheep Music el 1 ago. 2013
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