Jazzpro Series Presents: Bill Mays at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts

We created the JazzPro Series to showcase some of the monster talent among us in Central Florida. This weekly Wednesday night series highlights local and touring artists of extremely high caliber. These are shows that you won't want to miss!

Pianist Bill Mays’ career as a professional musician spans the last 60 years, and includes a multitude of musical endeavors; a bandsman in the U.S. Navy, 15 years as a session player in the Hollywood studios, and an in-demand sideman and leader of his own ensembles in New York City.

He has worked with such jazz legends as Benny Golson, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Shank, Frank Sinatra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, and Phil Woods....

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We created the JazzPro Series to showcase some of the monster talent among us in Central Florida. This weekly Wednesday night series highlights local and touring artists of extremely high caliber. These are shows that you won't want to miss!

Pianist Bill Mays’ career as a professional musician spans the last 60 years, and includes a multitude of musical endeavors; a bandsman in the U.S. Navy, 15 years as a session player in the Hollywood studios, and an in-demand sideman and leader of his own ensembles in New York City.

He has worked with such jazz legends as Benny Golson, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Shank, Frank Sinatra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, and Phil Woods.

"[Bill Mays] explores the full range of the piano in a style that owes as much to 20th century classical technique as to jazz.” (David Badham, Jazz Journal)

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