Vocalese
The Manhattan Transfer
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That's Killer Joe | The Manhattan Transfer | 5:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rambo | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Airegin | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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To You | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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(You Should) Meet Benny Bailey | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Another Night In Tunisia | The Manhattan Transfer | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ray's Rockhouse | The Manhattan Transfer | 5:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Blee Blop Blues | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford | The Manhattan Transfer | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sing Joy Spring | The Manhattan Transfer | 7:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Move | The Manhattan Transfer | 2:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Many of the Manhattan Transfer's recordings up to the point of Vocalese showed off their diversity and covered a wide variety of music, including jazz. This set was quite a bit different, for it is dedicated to the vocalese of the great Jon Hendricks. The Manhattan Transfer (singers Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) perform a dozen songs using Hendricks' lyrics, including "That's Killer Joe," "Rambo," "Ray's Rockhouse" and "Sing Joy Spring." Utilizing their regular band of the period (which includes guitarist Wayne Johnson), the Count Basie Orchestra (directed at the time by Thad Jones), the Four Freshmen (on "To You"), tenorman James Moody, Bobby McFerrin (guesting on "Night in Tunisia"), McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie (on "Sing Joy Spring"), altoist Richie Cole, and Hendricks himself, among many others, the Transfer give these boppish tunes definitive vocal treatments. This is one of their finest jazz recordings and a classic of its kind.
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I grew up with this cd in the 90's. Yes, I know it's from 85, but my dad didn't leave it there. Brings back so memories.
Biography
Formed: 1969 in NY
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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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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Route 66 | The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer | 2:58 | $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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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 |
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- $9.99
- Genres: Jazz, Music, Rock, Easy Listening, Bop, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Vocal, Vocal Jazz
- Released: 1985
- ℗ 1985 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
