Билл Mэйс (William Allen Mays)
(5.02.1944 Sacramento, California, US)
американский джазовый пианист.
Родился в музыкальной семье, в пятнадцать лет увлёкся джазом. С 1969 до начала 80-х годов работал студийным музыкантом в Лос-Анджелесе. Был аккомпаниатором Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarreau.
Сотрудничал с Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Howard Roberts, Red Mitchell, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Bob Mintzer и другими.
В 1984 году переехав в Нью-Йорк, возглавил оркестр, оставаясь композитором и аранжировщиком. Записал более двух десятков альбомов под собственным именем и сотни других в качестве сайдмена.
Альбомы исполнителя на сайте:
Bobby Shew, Bill Mays - Telepathy (1978)
Bud Shank, Bill Mays, Alan Broadbent - Crystal Comments (1979)
Howard Roberts Quartet Featuring Bill Mays - Turning To Spring (1979)
Bob Magnusson Quartet - Road Work Ahead (1980)
Bill Mays & Red Mitchell - Two Of A Mind (1982)
Bill Mays Quintet - Tha's Delights (1983)
Mark Murphy - Beauty And The Beast (1985-86)
Bill Mays - Kaleidoscope (1989)
Bill Mays, Ray Drummond - One To One Vol. 1 (1991)
Bill Mays, Ray Drummond - One To One Vol. 2 (1991)
Sherrie Maricle With Peter Appleyard, Bill Mays & Lynn Seaton - Live In Concert (1991)
Bill Mays - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 26 (1992)
Manhattan Chamber Jazz Septet - Nutcracker Suite (1993)
Martin Wind, Bill Mays, Keith Copeland - Gone With The Wind (1993)
Bruce Eskovitz - One For Newk (1993)
Bill Mays, Ed Bickert - Concord Duo Series Vol. 7 (1994)
Bill Mays Trio - An Ellington Affair (1994)
Bill Mays Trio - Going Home (1997)
Bill Mays, Matt Wilson, Martin Wind - Out In PA (1999)
Marvin Stamm & Bill Mays - By Ourselves (1999)
Bruce Eskovitz, Bill Mays - Conversations (2000)
Bill Mays - Summer Sketches (2000)
New York Jazz Trio - Jazz Standards 100: Atumn Leaves - Black Orpheus (2001)
New York Jazz Trio - Jazz Standards 100: Summertime - Star Dust (2001)
Bill Mays, Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke - Bick's Bag (2002)
Road Work Ahead - On The Road Again (2003)
Bill Mays Trio - Live At Jazz Standards (2004)
Bud Shank & Bill Mays - Beyond The Red Door (2006)
Avishai Cohen - Live At Enghien Jazz Festival (2009)
Bill Mays - Happy Holidays (2000s)
Bill Mays Trio - Mays At The Movies (2010)
Tommy Cecil, Bill Mays - Side By Side: Sondheim Duos (2012)
Bill Mays Inventions Trio - Life's A Movie (2013)
Tommy Cecil & Bill Mays - Our Time: Sondheim Duos, Vol. 2 (2013)
Bill Mays Trio - Autumn Serenade (2022)
Бутлеги:
Bill Mays Trio - Live At Dumbarton Church (2007)
Bill Mays - Solo! (2008)
Bill Mays - Live At Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts (2023)
Bill Mays Trio - Live At The Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2023)
Bill Mays - Live At Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts (2023)
Frank Vignola's Guitar Night With Bill Mays & Jay Leonhart - Birdland Theater, NY, July 24 (2024)
Bill Mays Trio - Birdland, September 10 (2024)
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