BILLY MAY : CHA CHA BILLY MAY

BILLY MAY
May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1916. He played trumpet professionally in big bands such as those of Charlie Barnet
starting in 1939, but became best known as a talented arranger.
May worked as an arranger for the bands of Glenn Miller and Les Brown before being hired as staff arranger first for the NBC radio network, then for Capitol Records. At Capitol, May wrote Arrangements for many top artists. These included Frank
Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Sue Raney,Jeri Southern and Keely Smith, among many others. One of May's most popular compositions was the fabulous theme music of the Naked City television series in the early 1960s, "Somewhere in the Night", recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. (I own a recordinf of this tune with Cal Tjader, in a latin tinge, that will be posted shortly) . Billy May died in 2004 of heart failure at the age of 87 in his home in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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ALBUM COMMENTS
If you are among the millions who have been captivated by that exciting Latin rhythm called the cha-cha-cha, then music-master
Billy May has designed this album especially for you. Here, in the tantalizing tempo of this South of the Border dance sensation,
is a collection of all-time instrumental favorites, brought up-to-date with delicate cha-cha-arrangements that offer a refreshing
contrast to the spectacular big-band orchestrations so often associated with Latin dance music. Well known swing standards magically transformed into light and nimble cha-chas by "El Gran Maestro," who features here a wondrous assortment of flutes, employing them with great imagination and a good deal of subtle humor to duplicate familiar ensemble and solo passages. The brilliant trumpet and rhythm sections are manned by a fine group of Latin musicians, whose distinctive phrasing and enthusiasm give this album an excitingly genuine Afro-Cuban sound, while the mellow tones of an agile marimba provide additional authentic effects.Only the beat has been changed to protect the innocent.
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CHA CHA! BILLY MAY
Label: Capitol
Year - 1960
Serie # T1329

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
01 IN A MELLOW TONE-CHA-CHA
02 TWELFTH STREET RAG-CHA-CHA
03 ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM-CHA-CHA
04 THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS-CHA-CHA
05 GOOD BYE-CHA-CHA
06 LEAP FROG-CHA-CHA
07 FLYIN' HOME-CHA-CHA
08 SNOWFALL-CHA-CHA
09 IN THE MOOD-CHA-CHA
10 I REMEMBER-CHA-CHA
11 TUXEDO JUNCTION-CHA-CHA
12 BIJOU-CHA-CHA

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