Mecca for Moderns
The Manhattan Transfer
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On the Boulevard | The Manhattan Transfer | 4:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Boy from New York City | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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(Wanted) Dead or Alive | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Spies In the Night | The Manhattan Transfer | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Smile Again | The Manhattan Transfer | 4:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Until I Meet You (Corner Pocket) | The Manhattan Transfer | 5:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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(The Word of) Confirmation | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Kafka | The Manhattan Transfer | 4:13 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Songs |
Album Review
After the deserved artistic, critical and popular success of Extensions, the Manhattan Transfer went back to ace producer Jay Graydon for Mecca for Moderns, which almost matches its predecessor in its contemporary energy while drawing selectively from the past. Outstanding is the handclapping treatment of the 1965 rock tune "The Boy from New York City" (a number seven hit single) and the happily swinging vocalese of the Count Basie band's "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)," although their version of Charlie Parker's difficult "Confirmation" isn't nearly as assured. There is also an ample dose of the inventive weirdness that invaded Extensions: the African/Caribbean "(Wanted) Dead or Alive," with its checklist of dictators, that segues right into a tongue-in-cheek secret agent spoof, "Spies in the Night"; or the ambitious, wordless composition "Kafka." No longer a mere nostalgia act, the Manhattan Transfer had not only caught up with the times, they were now slightly ahead of them as well. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Customer Reviews
Smile again and again and again!
This group is in my top ten. They can do it all. They cover every style of music fathomable, and do so with ease. "On the Boulevard" is one of the most underated songs ever! Its truly wonderment on wax! "Boy from New York City" is incredibly jaw-dropping as well! "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square . . . forget-about-it!!! These cats can do what everybody else has tried to do but couldn't!
Biography
Formed: 1969 in NY
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The Manhattan Transfer
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Boy from New York City | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 3:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Birdland | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 6:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Operator | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 6:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Java Jive | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 2:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Trickle Trickle | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 2:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Route 66 | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 2:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tuxedo Junction | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love) | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $7.99
- Genres: Jazz, Music, Rock, Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
- Released: 1981
- ℗ 1981 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
