BILLY MAY
Pop/Art Song/Folk / Jazz Related Soundtracks • United States
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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
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Sorta-May
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1955
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Process 70
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1962
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Bill's Bag
Jazz Related Soundtracks
1963
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Today!
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1966
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All Of Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk
2005
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May Time
Pop/Art Song/Folk
2007
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