[Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie

[Stan Brager]

Billy May was 22 years old when he joined the Charlie Barnet band around
July 1939. One night when the band was en route to a dance date in New
Jersey, Barnet mentioned to May that he was thinking about having an
arrangement made of the Ray Noble tune "Cherokee". By the time the bus
arrived, Billy had handed out the parts to members of the band. Barnet
recorded it on July 17, 1939.

Various people who knew Billy May have told me that he had a wonderful sense
of humor which can be heard in his music (he backed Stan Freberg on many
occasions). The Sorta-Dixie and the Sorta-May albums were whimsical joys.
And he wasn't a bad trumpet player either.

Stan
Stan Brager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emil Orth [mailto:herman28 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: John Jensen; trombone-l at samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie
> 
> Thanks John for the lineup....wow, killer brass and so skillfully used
> and arranged....how in the world did he (billy) ever come up with all
> those swingin' ideas kinda blended together.  I stand in awe of a
> genius!!!
> 
> Best to you, emil
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: John Jensen
>   To: Emil Orth ; trombone-l at samford.edu
>   Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 22:00
>   Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie
> 
> 
>   Yup!
>   Right next to the computer is the recording. Trombonists are: Ed
> Kusby, Si
>   Zentner, Tommy Pederson and Murray McEachern
>   Trumpets: Conrad Gazzo, Uan Rasey, John Best, Mannie Klein
>   Vince DeRosa plays french horn...
>   Great album!
>   John Jensen
>   http://johnlorenjensenmusic.com/
>   http://www.dcjazz.com/johnjensen/
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Emil Orth" <herman28 at comcast.net>
>   To: <trombone-l at samford.edu>
>   Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:48 PM
>   Subject: [Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie
> 
> 
>   > Hi listers, are there any of you that might have knowledge of the
> players
>   > that billy used on the sorta dixie album?  thanks, emil orth
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