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Fantasy
Inventions Trio
Palmetto #2128
 
Bill Mays, piano, arrangements
Marvin Stamm, trumpet and flugelhorn
Alisa Horn, cello



 
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Borodin) Listen/Download mp3
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)   Listen/Download mp3
Fantasy for Cello, Trumpet & Piano (Mays)
        Mvt. 1  Listen/Download mp3
        Mvt. 2 Listen/Download mp3
        Mvt. 3 Listen/Download mp3
Piano Prelude #2 (Gershwin)
Prelude op. 11 #3/Sometime Ago (Scriabin/Mahanovich)
Listen/Download mp3
Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Debussy)  Listen/Download mp3
Invention #8/Scrapple From The Apple & Ah-Leu-Cha (Bach/Parker)













 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Live At Jazz Standard
Bill Mays Trio
Palmetto Records
Rec. 12/04, NYC
 
Bill Mays, piano
Martin Wind, bass
Matt Wilson, drums
 
Have You Met Miss Jones? (Rodgers/Hart) Listen/Download mp3
Squeeze Me (Ellington) Listen/Download mp3
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Harburg/Lane)
Darn That Dream (Van Heusen/Delange) Listen/Download mp3
Music House (Mays)
Let’s Call This (Monk)
Euterpe (Mays)
Willow Weep For Me (Ronell)
When Will The Blues Leave? (Coleman)
Smile (Chaplin)














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Ourselves 
Marstam Music #01
Rec. NYC 2003
Marvin Stamm, trumpet & flugelhorn
Bill Mays, piano
 
By Myself (Dietz/Schwartz)
You And The Night And The Music (Dietz/Schwartz) Listen/Download mp3
The Lamp Is Low (Ravel) Listen/Download mp3
The Widow In The Window (Wheeler)
Judy (Mays)
Beautiful Love (Young)
Waltz For Mia (Nash)
You Must Believe In Spring (LeGrand) Listen/Download mp3
Airegin (Rollins) Listen/Download mp3
Madrugada (Mays)
Con Alma  (Gillespie)














 
 
 

Beyond The Red Door
Jazzed Media
Rec. NYC 2006
Bud Shank, alto sax
Bill Mays, piano
 
Red Door (Sims/Mulligan) Listen/Download mp3
The Wind/The Peacocks (Freeman/Rowles)
Why Not Now? (Shank)
Quietly (Mays)
The Touch Of Your Lips (Noble) Listen/Download mp3
I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin)
Carousels (Shank)
Everything I Love (Porter) Listen/Download mp3
Where Or When (Rodgers & Hart)














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Going Home
  
Bill Mays Trio
Palmetto #2090
Recorded July, 2002
 
Bill Mays, piano, (vocal on I’m A Homebody)
Matt Wilson, drums
Martin Wind, bass
 
Judy (Mays)
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter) Listen/Download mp3
Shohola Song (Sommer)
Home (Clarkson/Van Steeden)
On The Road (Mays) Listen/Download mp3
Shoho Love Song (Mays) - Free M3 Download (Right click to save)
Nosey Neighbors (Rowles)
In Her Arms (Mays) Listen/Download mp3
Comin’ Home Baby (Dorough/Tucker)
Going Home (Dvorak)
I’m A Homebody (Mitchell)


The horrible events of September 11 occurred as I was thinking about material for this CD. With all the time I spend on the road, coming back home feels all the more meaningful and precious. I wrote four things that reflect this and there’re a couple of home standards; the title track is from Dvorak’s New World symphony and I sing Red Mitchell’s I’m A Homebody to close out the proceedings! The CD is dedicated to three of my heroes: Red, Shelly Manne and Jiimmy Rowles. As on “Summer Sketches” I really love the natural and warm sound Matt Balitsaris got on the Steinway piano and the trio. Great recorded sound--and in the CD booklet some beautiful scenic photography by Judy Kirtley!














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Summer Sketches

Bill Mays Trio
Palmetto #2070
Recorded October, 2000
Bill Mays, piano
Matt Wilson, drums
Martin Wind, bass
 
Summer Night (Warren)
Estate [Summer] (Bruno/Marghetti) Listen/Download mp3
Fireflies (Mays)
Indian Summer (Herbert)
Summer Sketch (Freeman)
(Gotta Go To) Summer School (Wilson) Listen/Download mp3
Early August (Wind)
The Things We Did Last Summer (Styne/Cahn)
Summer Serenade (Carter)
Once Upon A Summertime (LeGrand) Listen/Download mp3
 
I always wanted to do a CD about summer—so many great tunes. The title track is Russ Freeman’s tone poem from the 50’s; Benny Carter’s Summer Serenade is a lot of fun to blow on, and I love the trio’s group improv on Once Upon a Summertime. Other highlights: some free-blowing piano-plucking on Fireflies, Matt Wilson’s twisted-blues Summer School, Martin Wind’s beautiful melodic writing and soloing on Early August; it’s so much fun playing with these guys: great musicians, listening and responding so beautifully--it always feels fresh and full of surprises.














 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Mays In Manhattan 
Bill Mays Trio & Sextet
Concord Jazz #4738
Recorded May, 1996

Bill Mays, piano
Tim Horner, drums
Sean Smith, bass
Jon Gordon, alto saxophone
Ed Neumeister, trombone
Marvin Stamm, trumpet/flugelhorn

 
Manhattan (Rodgers & Hart) Listen/Download mp3
Summer In Central Park (Silver)
Upper Manhattan Medical Group (Strayhorn)
New York State Of Mind (Joel) Listen/Download mp3
All Across The City (Hall)
Sunday In New York (Nero) Listen/Download mp3
317 E. 32nd St. (Tristano)
Autumn In New York (Duke) Listen/Download mp3
’39 World’s Fair (Smith)
 
I love writing for a 3-horn front line and trying to get a little big band sound. This is a New York Prime horn section—Gordon, Neumeister, Stamm—all great ensemble players as well as soloists, and each one so totally different from the others; plus, two more of my favorite rhythm section players, and Smith contributed a gem of a NYC tune.
 
  
 
 Bill Mays Live at Maybeck Recital Hall
Concord Jazz #4567
Recorded September, 1992
Bill Mays, solo piano
 
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Sherwin/Maschwitz)
I Wish I Knew (Warren) 
Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman/Sampson/Webb) Listen/Download mp3
Boardwalk Blues (Mays) Listen/Download mp3
Lush Life (Strayhorn)
I’m Confessin’ That I Love You (Neiburg/Cougherty/Reynolds)
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Styne/Cahn) Listen/Download mp3
Jitterbug Waltz (Waller) Listen/Download mp3
Thanksgiving Prayer (Mays)
Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go (Leonard/Livingston)
Grandpa's Spells (Morton)
It was an honor to be part of this respected solo piano series. Maybeck “Hall” was not really a hall; it was an extended living room in a Berkeley, CA home -- a piano teacher who wanted a recital space for her students. It had the warmth and charm of a home, with high ceilings and great acoustics, and the piano I recorded on was a special “limited-edition” hand-made Yamaha. I had no planned program—preceding the date I’d been traveling doing solo concerts so I brought in a list of material and just played what hit me at the moment—some classic favorites of mine, a couple of originals; playing solo gives a different kind of freedom than in larger groups, so there are a few surprise modulations and mood shifts, and loving Fats, Tatum and JP like I do some stride and boogie-woogie also came out that day.














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE NUTCRACKER HOLIDAY CD
Toronto Chamber Jazz Septet
Live from CBC's Glenn Gould Theater, Dec. 2001
 
Bill Mays, piano, musical director, arrangements
P. J. Perry, soprano sax, flute
Phil Dwyer, clarinet, tenor sax
Perry White, bass clarinet/baritone sax
Terry Clarke, drums/percussion
Neil Swainson, bass
John Johnson, alto flute/alto sax

My Bells (Evans)
My Favorite Things (Rodgers/Hammerstein)  Listen/Download mp3
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Coots)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)  Listen/Download mp3
Stuffy Turkey (Monk) Listen/Download mp3
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin & Blane)
Pavane (from Mother Goose Suite) (Ravel)
Christmas Thanksgiving Prayer (Mays)
CBC interview: Eric Frieson & Mays
Ravel’s Bells (from Ravel’s Miroirs
Snow Job (Mays)
The Christmas Song (Torme & Wells) Listen/Download mp
Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
     Overture Listen/Download mp3
    March
    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Listen/Download mp3
    Dance of the Reed Flutes
    Arab Dance
    Waltz of the Flowers Listen/Download mp3
  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)














 



 
 
On The Road Again
Road Work Ahead
SBE REcords
Rec. San Diego, CA 2004
 
Bill Mays, piano
Jim Plank, drums, percussion
Peter Sprague, guitar 
Bob Magnusson, bass
 
Thea's Laughter (Magnusson)
Samba for Shelly (Plank)
Euterpe (Mays)
Bird's Blues [Relaxin' at Camarillo/Cheryl/Perhaps] (Parker) Listen/Download mp3
In The Garden (Miles) Listen/Download mp3
As It Is, As You Are (Sprague)
Modinha (Jobim)
Just A Little Nine Eight (Plank)
Broken Ties (Magnusson)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Sherwin/Maschwitz) Listen/Download mp3
Bark, Bark (Plank)














 
 

Complete Discography

Many CDs listed here are out of print and/or off the shelves. Bill may have limited copies of some CDs. Please email him with your request.

AS A LEADER/CO-LEADER:

(++ also denotes: produced, arranged and/or composed by Bill Mays)

A Musical Cocktail
Bill Mays (solo piano)
MRC 1976

Explorations
++ w/Bud Shank
Concord Concerto 1979

Night And Day
++ Road Work Ahead
w/Peter Sprague, Jim Plank & Bob Magnusson
Trend 1980

Two Of A Mind
++ Bill Mays & Red Mitchell
ITI 1982

Tha's Delights
++ Bill Mays Quintet
w/Shelly Manne, Andy Simpkins, Tom Harrell, Ralph Moore
Trend 1983

Kaleidoscope
++ Bill Mays Quintet
w/Jeff Hirshfield, Harvie Swartz, Peter Sprague, Dick Oatts
Jazz Alliance 1989

One To One
++ Bill Mays & Ray Drummond
DMP 1989

One To One 2
++ Bill Mays & Ray Drummond
DMP 1990

Live At Maybeck Hall
++ Bill Mays (solo piano)
Concord Jazz 1992

Bill Mays/Ed Bickert At Maybeck
++ Bill Mays & Ed Bickert
Concord Jazz 1994

An Ellington Affair
++ Bill Mays Trio
w/Lewis Nash, John Goldsby
Concord Jazz 1994

Stridin’ In Five
++ Bill Mays (solo piano on 3.5” diskette)
Virtuoso 1995

Mays In Manhattan
++ Bill Mays Trio/Sextet
w/Tim Horner, Sean Smith, Marvin Stamm, Jon Gordon, Ed Neumeister
Concord Jazz 1996

Out In Pa.
++ Bill Mays Trio
w/Martin Wind, Matt Wilson
No Blooze Music 1999

By Ourselves
++w/Marvin Stamm
Marstam 1999

Summer Sketches
++ Bill Mays Trio
w/Martin Wind, Matt Wilson
Palmetto 2000

Going Home
++ Bill Mays Trio
w/Martin Wind, Matt Wilson
Palmetto 2002

AS A SIDEMAN:

(++ also denotes: produced, arranged and/or composed by Bill Mays)

2 A.M. Paradise Cafe
Barry Manilow
Arista

2 Generations Of Music
Bob Magnusson
Trend (now First Media)

9113 Michael Vlatkovich
Michael Vlatkovich
Thank You Records

A Good Thing
Allen Mezquida
Koch Jazz

A Song For You
++ Dianne Mower
Jazz City (Japan & Europe)

A Time In My Life
Sarah Vaughan
Mainstream

Alone On My Own
Maxine Weldon
Monument

Beauty And The Beast
++ Mark Murphy
Muse

Bending Towards The Light
Bob Kindred, et. al
Conawago

Bird Raga
Peter Sprague
Xanadu

Bop For Kerouac
++ Mark Murphy
Muse

California Message
Benny Golson
Baystate (RVC Japan)

Carolyn Leonhart: Vol. 1 & 2
Carolyn Leonhart
Toshiba-EMI(Japan)

Charles Cochran Meets Bill Mays
Charles Cochran
Audiophile

Class Reunion
Bobby Shew
Sutra

Collective Consciousness
Gordon Brisker
Sutra

Conversations
Bruce Eskovitz
Azica

Crazy Eyes
Mary Foster Conklin
Mock Turtle Music 00219

Crystal Comments
Bud Shank & Alan Broadbent
Concord Jazz

Dianne Mower & Norman Johnson w/The New Millennium Jazz Ensemble
(NME 1001)\

Dionne
Dionne Warwick
Arista

Double Piano Quartet:Vol. 1 & 2
++ Shelly Manne (with Alan Broadbent)
Discovery

Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Gerry Mulligan
Telarc

Eight
Walter Blanton quintet
TNC Jazz 1705

Extensions
Manhattan Transfer
Atlantic

Family
Martin Wind 5tet (w/Matt Wilson, Ingrid Jensen, Rich Perry)
Challenge

Gentle Fire
Wilton Felder
MCA

Golden Palm
Jeff Jarvis
Optimism

Gone With The Wind
Martin Wind Trio
September (Europe)

Heritage
Bud Shank
Concord

Hidden Treasures
Bob Kindred
Music for the World Foundation 1003

I Hear Music
Catherine Dupuis
JBQ

Jazz Celebration
Carl Jefferson Tribute
Concord

Kerouac, Then And Now
++ Mark Murphy
Muse

Love Story [& other titles]
Various New York pianists
Cinematic Jazz Vol. 1-24(Japan)

Marvin Stamm/Ed Soph Project
w/Rufus Reid, Dave Liebman
Marstam

Moments
Catharine Dupuis
Bearheart

My Old Flame
Lew Tabackin
Atlas (Japan)

My One And Only
Trudy Desmond
Justin Time

Nutcracker Suite
++ Manhattan Chamber Jazz Septet
Jazz City Spirit (Japan)

On The Trail
Bud Shank Sextet (w/Condoli, Thomas, LaBarbera, Magnusson)
Raw Records

One Day Forever
Shirley Horn
Arkadia

One For Junior
Sheila Jordan & Mark Murphy
Muse

One For Newk
Bruce Eskovitz
Koch Jazz

One More Mem'ry
Benny Golson
Baystate (RVC Japan)

Outstanding In His Field
++ Bobby Shew
Inner City

Play Song
++ Bobby Shew
Jazzhounds (defunct)

Rappin' It Up
++ Scott Scheer
Palo Alto

Revelation
++ Bob Magnusson
Discovery (now First Media)

Ride Like The Wind
Freddie Hubbard
Electra Musician

Road Work Ahead
++ Bob Magnusson
Discovery (now First Media)

Ron McCroby Plays Puccolo
Ron McCroby
Concord

Say What?
Wayne Darling & Arni Egilsson
SOS Music

Sherrie Maricle
Sherrie Maricle w/Appleyard, Mays, Seaton
LRC

Shewhorn
Bobby Shew
Pausa

Silver Storm
Bud Shank Sextet (w/Condoli, Perkins, LaBarbera, Magnusson)
Raw Records

Simply Eloquent
++ Morgana King
Muse

Super Septet with Kenny Garrett et al
Sweet Basil (Japan)

Super Trombone 96 with Dave Bargeron, Eddie Gomez, et al
Sweet Basil (Japan)

S’wonderful
Dina Blade
Pony Boy 50129-2

Symphonic Dreams
Gerry Mulligan & Houston Symphony
PAR

Tale Of The Fingers
++ John Goldsby Quartet
Concord Jazz

Tales Of Two Cities
Jerry Tilitz
Bellaphon (Japan & Europe)

Telepathy
++ Bobby Shew
Jazzhounds (defunct)

Tender Waves
Martin Wind Trio
”A” Records (Challenge Records) 73030

The Other Whistler
Ron McCroby
Concord

The Path
Peter Sprague
Xanadu

The Soccerball
Peter Weniger & Martin Wind
Nagel Heyer

Turning To Spring
++ Howard Roberts
Discovery (now First Media)

Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
Marlena Shaw
Blue Note

You’d Be Paradise
Mary Foster Conklin
Mock Turtle Music

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDINGS (HOLLYWOOD CIRCA 1970-1984):

Andy
Andy Williams
Columbia

Christmas Present
Andy Williams
Columbia

Even Now
Barry Manilow
Arista

Finders Keepers
Kathie Lee Johnson
Petra

Gator
Charles Bernstein (Movie Soundtrack)
United Artists

Harnell
Joe Harnell
Capitol

If I Should Love Again
Barry Manilow
Arista

Jesus, You Are My Friend
Sharalee Lucas
Petra Records

Love And Life
Morris Albert
RCA

Love Will Keep Us Together
Ray Conniff
Columbia

Magic
Dick St. Nicklaus
Epic

Nadia's Theme
Barry Devorzon
Arista

New Season
Donny & Marie Osmond
Polydor

New York, New York
Bill Tole Orchestra
Calliope

Oh! Brother
Larry Gatlin
Monument

One Voice
Barry Manilow
Arista

Sharkey's Machine
Movie Soundtrack
Warner Brothers

Sons Of The Kingdom
Paul Johnson Singers
Petra

The Entertainer
Percy Faith
Columbia

The Outer Kingdom
Bobby King
Del Fi

The Quiet Riot
Kathie Epstein
Petra

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Ray Conniff
Columbia

ON VIDEO:

2 A.M. Paradise Cafe
Barry Manilow (with Gerry Mulligan, George Duvivier, Shelly Manne, Mundell Lowe, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme)

Mays & Mitchell Play Monk
with Red Mitchell
PBS-TV

Mays & Mitchell: Alone Together
with Red Mitchell
PBS-TV

Road Work Ahead:Carnival Suite
Road Work Ahead Quartet
PBS-TV

Studio Live
Freddie Hubbard

NorthSea Jazz Festival
Gerry Mulligan Quartet

 

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