"Mays at The
Movies"
"Mays at the
Movies"
Bill Mays Trio
Friday Apr 12th, 2013 7:45 pm
Bill Mays Trio
Friday Apr 12th, 2013 7:45 pm
On
Friday, April 12, renowned jazz pianist Bill Mays will perform for the Gold
Coast Jazz Society’s 21st Anniversary Jazz Concert Series. “Mays
at the Movies” features the Bill Mays Trio performing jazz arrangements of
popular movie soundtracks and will occur at the Broward
Center ’s Amaturo Theater, 201 SW 5th Avenue
in Fort Lauderdale .
Single tickets are $40 per person. Tickets for students and teachers are only
$10 with ID. To purchase tickets, contact the Broward Center ’s
AutoNation Box Office at 954-462-0222 or online at www.browardcenter.org
or www.goldcoastjazz.org.
This concert is based on Mays’s recent CD, Mays at the
Movies and includes musical selections from some of American’s most popular movies
including The Shadow of Your Smile, The Summer Knows, Charade and
others. Drummer Marty Morell and bassist Richard Drexler will fill out
the trio for this concert.
A
jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Mays has played with
the best of the jazz world including stints as accompanist for Sara Vaughan,
Frank Sinatra, Woody Herman and Gerry Mulligan. His bio includes an extensive
list of television and movie scores on which he has played or contributed
music. He has worked with legendary film composers including Michel LeGrand,
Johnny Mandel and Henry Mancini. To read more about this accomplished
jazz musician, go to his website at www.billmays.net.
"Gospel
music was the first music I heard,” says Bill. “Dad played the trombone, guitar
and harmonica (at the same time!), piano and organ, and I have vivid memories
of him playing the accordion while my mom sang. Earl “Fatha” Hines
provided Bill's first exposure to jazz when "a friend took me to a jazz
brunch and Fatha was playing solo piano,” recalls Bill. “That was the beginning
of a love affair with jazz that continues to this day.”
Mays’s
jazz career began with the Bill Green Trio in San Diego . He moved on to Los Angeles where he
worked jazz gigs with LA’s best players. Soon he became a fixture
in the Hollywood recording studios as
LA’s first-call pianist for singers where he worked with stars including
Dionne Warwick, Anita O'Day, Al Jarreau and Frank Sinatra.
Mays
moved to New York
and began a fruitful affiliation with Palmetto Records in 1999. "That was
a major move for me artistically,” says Mays. “I found a connection with
my trio of drummer Matt Wilson and bassist Martin Wind that was truly
special.” Recordings under the Palmetto label include Summer Sketches and
Going Home. In 2009 he assumed the piano chair in the Phil
Woods Quartet while continuing to tour with his own trio. That year he
also produced his CD Mays at the Movies with Peter Washington on bass
and Billy Drummond on drums on the SteepleChase label.
Mays
is well-known for his compositional and arranging talents. He has contributed
music to the libraries of a wide array of artists including Aureole chamber
ensemble, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Percy Faith Orchestra, Woody Herman
Orchestra, Morgana King, Shelly Manne, Mark Murphy, Bud Shank, Marvin Stamm,
Lew Tabackin, Turtle Creek Chorale and Phil Woods.
Currently,
Mays tours and records in many varied configurations including a duo with
trumpeter Marvin Stamm, the Inventions Trio, The Bill May Trio (featuring Matt
Wilson & Martin Wind), duo with Bud Shank, a sextet and as a solo pianist.
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