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Real Name: Edward William May, Jr. Profile: American trumpet player and Big Band arranger. Later in his career he also composed for film and television. Born November 10, 1916, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died January 22, 2004, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA. Show more.
ALL I NEED IS THE GIRL. Recorded by Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington. Arranged by Billy May, Prepared for Publication by Rob DuBoff, Jeffrey Sultanof, and Dylan Canterbury. Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocal. Jazz Lines Publications. JLP-9060. $65.00.
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Billy May was a fun loving trumpeter who arranged some of the best-loved music of the Big Band Era! His humor and musical talents provided hit recordings for Glenn Miller, Charlie Barnet and Frank Sinatra, to name but three. His enormous output included radio, TV and movie work as well as thousands of studio recordings over his 6 decades as a musical artist. When NAMM first requested that Mr ...
His best-known collaborations were with Frank Sinatra, as May would author the arrangements of some of Sinatra's biggest hits, including 1958's "Come Fly With Me." In addition to Sinatra, May's arrangements graced the recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole and Nancy Wilson, among countless others, during this time.
Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. Big Band Bash (1952) A Band Is Born (1952) Naughty Operetta (1955) Plays for Fancy Dancin' (1957) Olé Tormé (1959) Girls and Boys on Broadway (1960) Sweetest Swingin' Sounds of 'No Strings' (1962)
19. Aug. 2015 · One could argue that May invented the cocky updating of the big band sound that Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee slipped into comfortably later in the 1950s. This sound is certainly evident on a two-CD set— Billy May & His Orchestra: Studio Recordings 1951-1953.
