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Earl May was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 17, 1927. He is an American jazz bassist and composer. He is best known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, with whom he performed from 1953 to 1964. May began playing the bass at the age of 15, and by the time he was 18, he was playing professionally. He studied music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and the Juilliard School in New York City. May has performed with many of the greats in jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. He has also performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the Benny Goodman Orchestra. May has released several albums as a leader, including "Earl May and His Orchestra" (1956), "Earl May and His Swinging Bass" (1958), and "Earl May and His All Stars" (1960). May is currently 96 years old. He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

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2008

In the 1980s he did work with musicals both on Broadway and on tour, including Sophisticated Ladies and Big Deal, in addition to work with George Benson early in the decade and Charles Brown later in the decade. Credits in the 1990s and 2000s included work with Dave Van Ronk, Doc Cheatham, Benny Waters, Marlena Shaw, Irvin Stokes, a trio with Jane Jarvis and Benny Powell, Eddie Locke, Charles McPherson, and the international tour of the Statesmen of Jazz. May died of a heart attack in New York City on January 4, 2008.

1959

From 1959 to 1963 he played behind vocalist Gloria Lynne, and in the 1960s he also worked with Dave McKenna, Herman Foster, Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Mann, Mose Allison, and Earl Hines. In the early 1970s he began playing electric bass in addition to the double-bass, and played in that decade with Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hartman, Joe Newman, Archie Shepp, Frank Foster, Mickey Tucker, and Ruby Braff.

1951

Until 1951, May had a job in insurance while playing in clubs at night. During this period, he played with Miles Davis, Lester Young, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, and Mercer Ellington. He was also taught by Charles Mingus in the early 1950s. Through most of the 1950s he played in a trio with Billy Taylor, and also worked in the late 1950s with John Coltrane and Chet Baker.

1927

Earl Charles Barrington May (September 17, 1927 - January 4, 2008) was an American jazz bassist. He was "one of the most prodigious and prolific bassists of the postwar era".

May was born in New York City on September 17, 1927. As a child, he played the drums, and changed to the acoustic bass at the age of 14. He "played left-handed on an instrument strung for a right-handed player".

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