CD's
Trio featuring: Abe Laboriel, and Bob Zimmitti.
"Tim stands head and shoulders above many of his contemporary jazz peers" Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"Tim May is among a small handful of
steadily working studio guitarists remaining on the scene in Los Angeles. That
in itself speaks volumes in a town full of extraordinary players. On his
new CD, "Trio," featuring all original compositions, May forsakes his
protean studioman persona and express himself as a first-class jazzer and
imaginative and thoughtful composer.
May's tunes are melodic and have the character
and construction that lends themselves to improvisation. In fact, they're all
outstanding. And the listener gets his money's worth as each rendition is
lengthy. May's extended lines, however, are always captivating and never
gratuitous. All his solos build and they all tell a story.
Ironically, that issue featured a transcription of George Benson's solo on Miles' "So What" by a young college kid names Tim May. Now, more than thirty years later with May as a studio veteran, just imagine far the bar has been raised. This is simply jazz guitar at its best. May, along with heavyweights Laboriel and Zimmitti are playing real jazz for a generation that's been all too ignorant of a great art form."
Reviewed by Jim Carlton (Author of Conversations With Great Jazz Guitarists)
8 original compositions -
Sound samples require mp3 player
| April Fool |
| Keeping Up With The Boys | Old Cliches | Yo Bro |
One Piece of the Big Picture featuring: Abe Laboriel, Ernie Watts, Harvey Mason, Chuck Berghofer, Mike Lange, Warren Luening and Bob Zimmitti.
JAZZ GUITAR (Nov '99) states "May manages to display all the taste, chops, blues, and soulfulness of George Benson, while remaining his own man."
20th CENTURY GUITAR (Sept '99) "May revealed himself as an original guitarist and writer, a diverse and entertaining self portrait."
12 Original Compositions -
Sound samples require mp3 player
| Waltzin In |
| Calabossa |
| Horizontal Mombo |
| One Piece of the Big Picture |
Cost: $15.00 per CD plus $1.95 Shipping and Handling (USA)
Or purchase both CD's for $25.00
California Residents subject to state tax