Friday, February 05, 2010

BILL MAYS




O pianista de jazz William Allen Mays, nasceu no 5 de fevereiro de 1944, em Sacramento, California, e ficou conhecido por Bill Mays. Nascido em uma familia musical, aos dezeseis anos tornou-se interessado em jazz durante um corcerto da Orquestra de Earl Hines.



De 1969 a 1980 trabalhou em Los Angeles e acompanhou grandes nomes da música como Sarah Vaughn, Al Jarreau, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Anita O'Day e outros tantos. Também realizou trabalhos com Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Bud Shank, Red Mitchell Bobby Shew, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Abe Laboriel, Tom Scott e Frank Zappa.




No final de 1984 foi para Nova York. Ficou conhecido como pianista acompanhante , porém, nos anos 90, iniciou carreira como bandleader,compositor e arranjador. Desde o inicio dos anos 70 gravou uma dúzia de discos com seu próprio nome, mas pode ser ouvido em muitos outros.


Bill, em duo com o baixista Red Mitchell em "I mean you"


Jazz pianist William Allen Mays, was born on February 5, 1944 in Sacramento, California and is normally referred to as "Bill Mays." He came from a musical family and at sixteen he became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines concert.




From 1969 to the early 1980s he worked in Los Angeles accompanying Sarah Vaughan, Al Jarreau, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Anita O'Day and other singers, and also worked with artists such as Arty Pepper, Shelly Manne, Bud Shank, Red Mitchell,Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, Abe Laboriel, Tom Scott, and Frank Zappa.




Later, in 1984, he moved to New York City. He had been best known as a sideman or accompanist, but starting in the 1990s he began to do more work as a bandleader, composer, and arranger. From the 1970s on, he recorded over a dozen albums under his own name, and has been heard on many more by others.
Fonte Wikipédia
Tradução de Humberto Amorim

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