Bill Mays
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Biography
William Allen Mays, known professionally as Bill Mays, and born on February 5, 1944, in Sacramento, California, is a jazz pianist. He developed an interest in jazz at age 15 after attending an Earl Hines concert. From 1969 to the early 1980s, Mays worked as a studio session musician in Los Angeles, accompanying notable singers such as Al Jarreau, Peggy Lee, and Frank Sinatra. In 1984, Mays moved to New York City and began leading his own bands. He has recorded over three dozen albums under his own name, including Two of a Mind (1983), One to One (1990), and Mays in Manhattan (1996).
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Shoho Love Song by The Bill Mays Trio
- Nosey Neighbors by The Bill Mays Trio
- Jolie Joelle
- Mays in the Mirror
- Exuma
- Birthday Blues
- Something To Live For
- I'm Just A Lucky So And So
- Jitterbug Waltz
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- Thanksgiving Prayer
- Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go
- Grandpa's Spells
- Beauty and the Beast
- Et & Elliot (ET)
- Boardwalk Blues
- Lush Life
- Five Pennies
- The Look of Love (007 Casino Royal)
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
- Nocturne, Op. 9-2
- Gelsomina (La Strada)
- The Call of Far-away Hills (Shane)
