Tina May
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Born | Gloucester, England | 30 March 1961
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | 33 Jazz, Linn |
Website | www |
Tina May (born 30 March 1961) is English jazz vocalist.
She lived in Frampton-on-Severn when she was young and attended Stroud High School.[citation needed] She has recorded several albums for 33 Jazz Records. She has also worked with Tony Coe, Nikki Iles, Stan Sulzmann, Ray Bryant, Enrico Pieranunzi and Patrick Villanueva.[1] May married Clark Tracey in 1989 and recorded with him on several albums in the 1990s.[2]
Discography[]
As leader[]
- Never Let Me Go (33 Records, 1992)
- Fun (33 Records, 1993)
- It Ain't Necessarily So (33 Records, 1994)
- Time Will Tell (33 Records, 1995)
- Jazz Piquant with Tony Coe (33 Records, 1998)
- Change of Sky with Nikki Iles (33 Records, 1998)
- One Fine Day (33 Records, 1999)
- Live in Paris (33 Records, 2000)
- The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook Revisted with Lee Gibson, Barbara Jay (Spotlite, 2000)
- I'll Take Romance (Linn, 2003)
- Early May (33 Records, 2004)
- More Than You Know with Tony Coe, Nikki Iles (33 Records, 2004)
- A Wing and a Prayer (33 Records, 2006)
- Sings the Ray Bryant Songbook (33 Records, 2006)[3]
- Out of the Blue with Ray Guntrip (rayguntripmusic.com, 2008)
- I Never Told You (33 Records, 2009)
- Tina May Sings Piaf (33 Records, 2011)
- Where You Belong with Ray Guntrip (rayguntripmusic.com, 2011)
- No More Hanky Panky (33 Records, 2011)
- Troubadours with Dylan Fowler (33 Records, 2013)
- My Kinda Love (Hep, 2014)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is with Enrico Pieranunzi (33 Records, 2015)
- Telling Jokes with Steve Plews (ASC, 2016)
- Cafe Paranoia: Tina May Sings Mark Murphy with Andy Lutter (33 Records, 2017)
- 52nd Street: Tina May Sings the Songs of Duncan Lamont (33 Records, 2021)
As guest[]
- 1994 Transatlantic Airs with Michael Hashim (33 Jazz)
- 2000 Ellington's Sacred Music with Stan Tracey Jazz Orchestra & the Durham Cathedral Choir (33 Jazz)
- 2007 Cornucopia 2 with Humphrey Lyttelton (Caligraph)
References[]
- ^ Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. pp. 517, 518. ISBN 9781843532569. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Tina May biography at Allmusic
- ^ "The Ray Bryant Songbook | jazzleadsheets.com by Second Floor Music". jazzleadsheets.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
Further reading[]
Articles[]
- Gelly, Dave. "More Music". The Observer. 29 April 1992
- Gelly, Dave. "Jazz Releases". The Observer. 31 July 1994.
- Lacey, Hester. "How We Met: Rory Bremner and Tina May". The Independent. 13 August 1995.
- May, Tina. "Jazz Essentials: Tina May on Carmen McCrae". The Guardian. 1 March 1996.
- Genay, Rosalie. "Tina May Talks to Rosalie Genay". ReVoice. 16 September 2013.
- Clarke, Colin. "Telling Jokes". Fanfare. March/April 2017.
Books[]
- The Penguin Jazz Guide. The History of 1001 Best Albums by Brian Morton and Richard Cook
- The Jazz Singers. The Ultimate Guide by Scott Yanow. Backbeat Books (Hal Leonard)
- Jazz Writings by Nathan Davis
External links[]
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- English jazz singers
- British female jazz singers
- English sopranos
- People from Gloucester
- People educated at Stroud High School
- Musicians from Gloucestershire
- Jazz singer stubs
- British singer stubs