billy may

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. (更多)

中文名	billy may
出生地	美国,宾夕法尼亚州,匹兹堡
出生日期	1916-11-09
原始名称	Billy May
名称	billy may
地区	欧美
外文名	演员1916-11-10
年龄	87
星座	天蝎
类似歌手	相似艺人
身份	演员
逝世日期	2004-01-22