As leader •
A Musical Cocktail: The Music of Cole Porter (MCR, 1976) •
Two of a Mind with
Red Mitchell (ITI, 1983) • ''Tha's Delights'' with Shelly Manne, Andy Simpkins, Ralph Moore, Tom Harrell (Trend, 1983) •
One to One with
Ray Drummond (DMP, 1990) •
One to One 2 with Ray Drummond (DMP, 1991) •
Kaleidoscope with Peter Sprague, Dick Oatts, Harvie Swartz, Jeff Hirshfield (The Jazz Alliance, 1992) •
Live At Maybeck - Concord Duo Series Volume Seven with
Ed Bickert (Concord Jazz, 1994) •
Live At Maybeck (Concord Jazz, 1995) •
An Ellington Affair with Lewis Nash, John Goldsby(Concord Jazz, 1995) •
Mays in Manhattan with Marvin Stamm, Ed Neumeister, Jon Gordon,
Sean Smith, Tim Horner (Concord Jazz, 1996) •
Out in Pa. with Matt Wilson, Martin Wind(No Blooze Music, 1999) •
By Ourselves with
Marvin Stamm (Marstam, 2000) •
Summer Sketches (Palmetto, 2001) •
Going Home (Palmetto, 2003) • ''Bick's Bag'' with
Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke (Triplet, 2004) •
Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto, 2005) •
Live at Birdland NYC, Stamm/Soph Project (Jazzed Media, 2005) •
Beyond the Red Door with Bud Shank (Jazzed Media, 2007) •
Stuffy Turkey with Joe La Barbera, Mattias Svensson (Five Stars Records, 2009) •
Blue Rondo a la Turk with Keisuke Ohta (Five Stars Records, 2009) •
The Best Is Yet To Come with Joe La Barbera, Rwu Kawamura (Five Stars Records, 2010) •
Mays at the Movies (SteepleChase, 2010) •
Phil & Bill with Phil Woods (Palmetto, 2011) •
Front Row Seat Solo (©Bill Mays, 2015) •
Live at COTA (No Blooze Music, 2019) •
Mays Plays Mays (No Blooze Music, 2019)
With Inventions Trio •
Fantasy (Palmetto, 2007) •
Delaware River Suite (No Blooze Music, 2008) • ''Life's a Movie'' (Chiaroscuro, 2013)
With Road Work Ahead •
Night And Day (Trend, 1983) •
On The Road Again (SBE, 1998) •
Intersection (SBE, 2012)
As sideman With Carter Burwell •
Gods and Monsters (RCA Victor/BMG, 1998) • ''The Man Who Wasn't There'' (Decca, 2001) •
The Alamo (Hollywood, 2004) •
Hail Caesar! (Back Lot/Universal 2016)
With Elliot Goldenthal •
Cobb (Sony Classical, 1994) •
Interview with the Vampire (Geffen, 1994) •
Sphere (Varese Sarabande, 1998)
With Benny Golson •
California Message (Baystate, 1981) • ''
One More Mem'ry'' (Baystate, 1982) •
One Day, Forever (Arkadia, 2001)
With Bob Magnusson •
Revelation (Discovery, 1979) •
Two Generations of Music (Trend, 1982)
With Barry Manilow •
Even Now (Arista, 1978) •
One Voice (Arista, 1979) •
Barry (Arista, 1980) •
If I Should Love Again (Arista, 1981) •
I Wanna Do It with You (Arista, 1982) •
2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Arista, 1984)
With Bud Shank •
Heritage (Concord Jazz, 1978) •
Crystal Comments with
Bud Shank and
Alan Broadbent (
Concord Jazz, 1980) •
Explorations: 1980 with Bud Shank (Concord Concerto, 1980) •
Silver Storm (Raw, 2000) •
On the Trail (Raw, 2002) •
Fascinating Rhythms (Jazzed Media, 2009)
With Bobby Shew •
Class Reunion (Sutra, 1980) •
Outstanding in His Field (Inner City, 1980) •
Play Song (Jazz Hounds, 1981) •
Telepathy with
Bobby Shew (Jazz Hounds, 1982) •
Shewhorn (Pausa, 1986)
With Frank Zappa •
Bognor Regis (Dragonfly, 2006) •
One Shot Deal (Zappa, 2008) •
Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (Zappa, 2019)
With others •
Sarah Vaughan,
A Time in My Life (Mainstream, 1971) •
Percy Faith,
Corazon (CBS, 1973) •
Jose Feliciano, ''Just Wanna Rock 'n' Roll'' (RCA Victor, 1975) •
Marlena Shaw,
Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (Blue Note, 1975) •
Maxine Weldon,
Alone On My Own (Monument, 1975) •
Jaye P. Morgan,
Jaye P. Morgan (Candor, 1976) •
Andy Williams,
Andy (Columbia, 1976) •
Joe Harnell,
Harnell (Capitol, 1977) •
Leonard Cohen, ''Death of a Ladies' Man'' (Columbia, 1977) •
Lalo Schifrin,
Rollercoaster (MCA, 1977) •
Larry Gatlin,
Oh! Brother (Monument, 1978) •
The Manhattan Transfer,
Extensions (Atlantic, 1979) •
Dionne Warwick,
Dionne (Arista, 1979) •
Peter Sprague,
The Path (Xanadu, 1980) •
Gordon Brisker,
Collective Consciousness (Sutra, 1981) •
Mark Murphy,
Bop for Kerouac (Muse, 1981) •
Howard Roberts,
Turning to Spring (Discovery, 1981) •
Shelly Manne, ''Double Piano Jazz Quartet in Concert at Carmelo's'' (Trend, 1981) • Shelly Manne, ''Double Piano Jazz Quartet in Concert at Carmelo's Vol. 2'' (Trend, 1982) •
Freddie Hubbard,
Ride Like the Wind (Elektra Musician, 1982) •
Beau Williams,
Beau Williams (Capitol, 1982) •
Billy Preston, ''Pressin' On'' (Motown, 1982) • Peter Sprague,
Bird Raga (Xanadu, 1983) •
Wilton Felder,
Gentle Fire (MCA, 1983) •
Lew Tabackin,
My Old Flame (Atlas, 1983) • Michael Vlatkovich,
9113 Michael Vlatkovich (Thank You Records, 1984) •
Morgana King,
Simply Eloquent (Muse, 1986) •
Gerry Mulligan,
Symphonic Dreams (PAR, 1987) •
Mark Murphy,
Beauty And The Beast (Muse, 1987) • Mark Murphy,
Kerouac, Then and Now (Muse, 1989) • Dianne Mower,
A Song For You (Jazz City, 1990) • Mark Murphy,
One for Junior (Muse, 1991) •
Angelo Badalamenti,
Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me (Warner Bros., 1992) •
Sherrie Maricle,
Live Concert (LRC, 1993) •
Jill O'Hara, ''Jill O'Hara'' (Sterling, 1993) •
Allen Mezquida,
A Good Thing (Trouser Down, 1993) • Martin Wind,
Gone With The Wind (September, 1993) • Gerry Mulligan,
Dream a Little Dream (Telarc, 1994) • Charles Cochran,
Charles Cochran Meets Bill Mays (Audiophile, 2000) • Bruce Eskovitz,
Conversations (Azica, 2001) •
David Arnold,
Changing Lanes (Varese Sarabande, 2002) •
Jack Walrath,
Ballroom (SteepleChase, 2008) • Yoshiaki Masuo, ''I'm Glad There Is You'' (Sunshine, 2009) • Adam Unsworth,
Balance (Acoustical Concepts Records, 2014) •
Phil Woods,
Live at the Deer Head Inn (Deer Head, 2015) •
John Cacavas, Lalo Schifrin, ''Airport '77/The Concorde... Airport '79'' (La-La Land, 2018) •
Dave Grusin,
And Justice for All (Varese Sarabande, 2018) •
Art Pepper &
Warne Marsh, ''Unreleased Art Volume 9 at Donte's, April 26, 1974'' (Widow's Taste, 2016) •
P.J. Perry,
This Quiet Room (Cellar Music, 2018) •
Philippe Sarde,
Ghost Story (Quartet, 2019) • Tommy Cecil,
Side By Side-Sondheim (©Tommy Cecil, 2012) • Tommy Cecil,
Our Time-Sondheim Duos 2 (©Tommy Cecil, 2013) ==References==