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| Released | June 1987 | |||
| Recorded | February 20–21, 1986 | |||
| Venue | Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Tim Hauser | |||
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Live is the eleventh album released by The Manhattan Transfer. It was recorded live at the Nakano Sunplaza Hall in Japan on February 20 and 21, 1986. It was released in June 1987.
This was the group's third live album, and the first live album with Cheryl Bentyne in the group.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Four Brothers" | Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Rambo" | Count Basie, J. J. Johnson, Jon Hendricks | 3:44 |
| 3. | "(You Should) Meet Benny Bailey" | Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Airegin" | Sonny Rollins, Jon Hendricks | 3:20 |
| 5. | "To You" | Jimmy Giuffre, Thad Jones | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Sing Joy Spring" | Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks | 6:19 |
| 7. | "Move" | Denzil Best, Jon Hendricks, Paul Wash | 2:46 |
| 8. | "That's Killer Joe" | Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks | 4:52 |
| 9. | "The Duke of Dubuque" | Bill Faber, James Marchant, Lawrence Royal | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Gloria" | Adam R. Levy, Esther Navarro | 2:53 |
| 11. | "On the Boulevard" | Richard Page | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Shaker Song" | David Lasley, Allee Willis | 3:51 |
| 13. | "Ray's Rockhouse" | Ray Charles, Jon Hendricks | 5:15 |
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The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like A cappella, Brazilian jazz, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, pop, and standards. They have won eleven Grammy Awards.
Extensions is the fifth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer, released on October 31, 1979, by Atlantic Records.
Mecca for Moderns is the sixth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records.
Bodies and Souls is the seventh studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released in September 1983 on the Atlantic Records label.
Bop Doo-Wopp is an album by the Manhattan Transfer, released at the end of 1984 on the Atlantic Records label. Six of the ten tracks on Bop Doo-Wopp are live performances.
Vocalese is the ninth studio album by Jazz band The Manhattan Transfer, released on September 3, 1985 on Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place during 1985. Production came from Tim Hauser and Martin Fischer. This album is considered to be The Manhattan Transfer's most critically acclaimed album. It received 12 Grammy nominations, making it second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller as the most nominated individual album. It also received extremely high ratings from music critics, including a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating from Allmusic. The album peaked at number 2 on the Top Jazz Albums and number 74 on the Billboard 200. The album's title Vocalese refers to a style of music that sets lyrics to previously recorded jazz instrumental pieces. The vocals then reproduce the sound and feel of the original instrumentation. Jon Hendricks, proficient in this art, composed all of the lyrics for this album.
Brasil was The Manhattan Transfer's tenth studio album. It was released in 1987 on Atlantic Records.
The Offbeat Of Avenues was the thirteenth album released by The Manhattan Transfer on August 13, 1991, by Columbia Records.
The Christmas Album was the fourteenth album by The Manhattan Transfer, released in 1992 on Columbia Records.
The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby The Tuba is a children's studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1994 on the Summit Records label. It features music by George Kleinsinger and stories by Paul Tripp. This is the group's only children's recording, offering a rendition of the 1945 children's classic that teaches the important lesson: "Be yourself; you can't be anybody else!". This album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children.
Tonin' is the sixteenth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1995 on Atlantic Records. The expression "tonin'" is associated with the vocal groups of the 1950s and 1960s. The songs on this album are favorites of the band's from that era. Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro makes one of her last performances on this recording.
Swing is the seventeenth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a collection of 1930s and 1940s swing music with The Manhattan Transfer's jazz twist. The album also features a guest appearance by Stéphane Grappelli, one of his last recordings before his death.
The Spirit of St. Louis is the eighteenth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2000 by Atlantic Records. This album is the group's tribute to jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
Couldn't Be Hotter is the fifth live album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2003 on the Telarc label. This is their third live album with Cheryl Bentyne. It was recorded during a tour of Japan over two nights at Orchestra Hall in Tokyo.
Vibrate is the nineteenth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer. It was released on September 28, 2004 on Telarc International Corporation.
An Acapella Christmas is the twentieth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2004 on the King Records label. The album was initially released in Japan and was later released in the U.S. on October 3, 2006, on Rhino Records.
The Symphony Sessions is the twenty-first studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on October 3, 2006.
The Chick Corea Songbook is the twenty-second studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on September 29, 2009. The album features The Manhattan Transfer's interpretations of several Chick Corea compositions, including a song written by Corea for this album. The executive producer was Yusuf Gandhi. It was the final album with Tim Hauser, who died in between the release of this album and their subsequent album.
Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.
The Junction is the twenty-third studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released on March 30, 2018. This is their first album in nine years since their last album; The Chick Corea Songbook.
