[Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie

[Howard Lamb]

Loved Freberg's America. Great music. I wish I could find other 
collaborations by these guys.
Billy arranged the Sinatra  Ellington album. It's interesting to hear Basie 
like figures interpreted by Duke's band.

Howard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at verizon.net>
To: "'Emil Orth'" <herman28 at comcast.net>; <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] billy mays sorta dixie


> 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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