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Billy May
Sorta May / Sorta Dixie
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Thou Swell - Billy May, Hart, Lorenz
2. Blues in the Night - Billy May, Arlen, Harold
3. Chicago - Billy May, Fisher, Fred
4. All You Want to Do Is Dance - Billy May, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
5. You Go to My Head - Billy May, Coots, J. Fred
6. Soon - Billy May, Gershwin, George
7. In a Persian Market - Billy May, Ketelbey, Albert W.
8. Just One of Those Things - Billy May, Porter, Cole
9. You're the Top - Billy May, Porter, Cole
10. The Donkey Serenade - Billy May, Forrest, George
11. Deep Purple - Billy May, DeRose, Pete
12. They Didn't Believe Me - Billy May, Kern, Jerome
13. Oh! By Jingo - Billy May, Brown, Lew
14. South Rampart Street Parade - Billy May, Bauduc, Ray
15. Down Home Rag - Billy May, Sweatman, Wilbur
16. Sugar Foot Strut - Billy May, Myers, Henry
17. The Sheik of Araby - Billy May, Smith, Harry [2] Be
18. Sorta Blues - Billy May, Brenner
19. Panama - Billy May, Tyers, William
20. Riverboat Shuffle - Billy May, Carmichael, Hoagy
21. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Gal) - Billy May, Henderson, Ray

CD Details

All Artists: Billy May
Title: Sorta May / Sorta Dixie
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Creative World
Release Date: 11/12/1996
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 052824105126, 090204068371

CD Reviews

Billy May displays his genius

03/06/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sorta May / Sorta Dixie is packed with little musical jokes (2 key modulations in one ascending passage, or a marching band competing with a Dixie band) and yet never succumbs to the "joke album's" curse of getting "old". Each new hearing of it provides another smile, another double take, or another tap of the feet. May shows his cleverness everywhere and yet doesn't let it get in the way of the music. It is an admirable feat."

Classic Billy May--Amazingly Orchestrated Jazz Arrangements

Kurt Schulenburg (screech@mc.net) | Woodstock, IL | 03/06/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Billy May is known for his outstanding arranging--the ability to take standards in new directions and this album shows how much fun this can be! Featuring a top-notch group of musicians (Conrad Gozzo on lead trumpet), this crew rattles off big band charts that are mixed with good ol' Dixieland swing. Certainly not main stream listening, this album nonetheless is very listenable and should be on every jazz arrangers most wanted list. Highly recommended."

Comment on audio quality

Kurt Schulenburg (screech@mc.net) | 09/03/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Purists (like me) should be aware that these are originally (very good) monophonic recordings, but have been electronically "stereoized" on this CD. I'd have preferred untampered-with mono."