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 - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.1957
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Grandes Orquestas, Billy May
Jazz - Erschienen bei Sotelysa Digital am 27.10.2015
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Les Grands Trompettistes De Jazz: Billy May, Vol. 1
Jazz - Erschienen bei Mpm am 01.05.2020
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A Band Is Born
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.1952
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Billy May Plays The Standards
Lounge - Erschienen bei EMI Catalogue am 01.01.2004
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Yma Sumac Mambo! (Mono Version)
Yma Sumac, Billy May, The Rico Mambo Orchestra
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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Bill's Bag
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 21.04.1963
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The Best Of "The Capitol Years"
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.03.1993
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Billy May's Big Fat Brass
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 12.09.2019
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Big Band Bash!
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.2000
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Naughty Operetta!
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 05.07.1955
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Plays For Fancy Dancin'
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.1957
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The Girls And Boys On Broadway
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 17.12.1960
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The Trumpet of Billy May (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Master Tape Records am 04.10.2019
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Sorta-May
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 07.05.1955
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The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings
Jazz - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.1962
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.05.2011
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Remastered Hits (All Tracks Remastered)
Lounge - Erschienen bei jjjedizionimusicali am 07.09.2023
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The Ultimate
Lounge - Erschienen bei EMI Marketing am 01.01.2002
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Say It Isn't So : Dancing with Billy May
Dance - Erschienen bei Mach60 Music am 01.02.2016
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