Billy May

簡介: by Richard S. GinellThe last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out 更多>

by Richard S. GinellThe 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 Nobles 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 singers 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 Frebergs 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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  • 2024年推出專輯:《Big Band Classics》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《The Billy May Collection 1939-60 Vol. 1》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《The Billy May Collection 1939-60 Vol. 2》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Big Band Sounds - Swing Era 1936-1937 - 3CD SET》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Up And Down》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Jazz Legends: Billy May》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Happy Sounds》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Highlights of Billy May》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Caro Babbo Natale》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Main Title Theme from "The Man with the Golden Arm" (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 9)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Driftwood》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《The Trumpet of Billy May (Remastered)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Always》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Johnny Cool》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Johnny Cool (Music From The 1963 Motion Picture Soundtrack)》