Billy May & His Orchestra - Sorta-May Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi (2007)
Billy May & His Orchestra - Sorta-May Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi
Jazz | MP3 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 192 MB
EMI Music 2007
Jazz | MP3 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 192 MB
EMI Music 2007
Best remembered as the man who crafted spunky arrangements for Frank Sinatra, Billy May (1916-2004) developed his skills during the late 1930s and early '40s as trumpeter and arranger with the Charlie Barnet, Glenn Miller and Les Brown orchestras. During the 1950s, May churned out a series of spiffy big band records for Capitol where he served as staff arranger. Sorta-May, a very popular album from 1954, features one dozen well-loved melodies by great Tin Pan Alley composers including Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hart, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rudolf Friml. Note that Sorta-May was reissued on GNP Crescendo in 1996, coupled with May's 1955 Sorta Dixie album. May's Jimmie Lunceford tribute, first issued in 1957 as Great Jimmie Lunceford, is a hi-fidelity salute to the Mississippi-born and Memphis-raised African-American bandleader. May lent authenticity to the project by having ex-Lunceford bandmembers Dan Grissom, Willie Smith, Joe Thomas and Trummy Young stand in as vocalists. ~ All Music Guide01. Thou Swell
02. Blues in the Night
03. Chicago
04. All You Want to Do Is Dance
05. You Go to My Head
06. Soon
07. In a Persian Market
08. Just One of Those Things
09. You're the Top
10. The Donkey Serenade
11. Deep Purple
12. They Didn't Believe Me
01. T'Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
02. Ain't She Sweet
03. Charmaine
04. Uptown Blues
05. Margie
06. Coquette
07. Annie Laurie
08. Well All Right Then
09. Blues in the Night
10. My Blue Heaven
11. Four or Five Times
12. I'm Walking Through Heaven
13. For Dancers Only
14. Cheatin' on Me
15. Rhythm Is Our Business