''Jukin' '' is the debut album by
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music.
There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...
. Released on
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
in 1971, it was also the only album by the first version of the group, which consisted of
Tim Hauser
Timothy DuPron Hauser (December 12, 1941 – October 16, 2014) was a singer and founding member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. He won 10 Grammy Awards as a member of The Manhattan Transfer.
Early life
Hauser was born in Troy, New Y ...
,
Erin Dickins
The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy Award, Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music.
There have been two editions of the Manhat ...
, Marty Nelson, Gene Pistilli, and Pat Rosalia.
The album was reissued in the UK by
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
's
Music for Pleasure under the title ''The Manhattan Transfer and Gene Pistilli''.
Pistilli was known for collaborations with
Terry Cashman
Terry Cashman (born Dennis Minogue, July 5, 1941) is an American record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 chart-topper, hit, "Talkin' Baseball". While the song is well recognized today and allowed Cashman the chance to meet ...
and
Tommy West.
The first group lasted about two years. According to Tim Hauser, "Gene and I were in two different places. He was more into country and western, R&B, and the Memphis sound, and by then I'd become more interested in jazz and swing." This version of the Manhattan Transfer broke up shortly after this album was released, and Tim Hauser formed a new version of the group during October 1972. The revised Manhattan Transfer line-up (Tim Hauser, Laurel Massé, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) signed to
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
in 1975 and resumed the group's recording career with much greater success.
''Jukin' '' remained an orphan in the Manhattan Transfer's catalogue. Issued on a different label than their future successes, with a different line-up and sound from what became their trademark, ''Jukin' '' is not acknowledged on the band's official website, nor have any of its tracks been anthologized on compilations. The revised group re-recorded the track "
Java Jive
Java Jive is a song written by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake in 1940 and most famously recorded by The Ink Spots. The lyrics speak of the singer's love of coffee. The lyrics also reflect the slang of the day, including a reference to "Mr. Moto", a J ...
" on the group's next album. It is the re-recorded version, not the version found on ''Jukin' '', that can be found on multiple compilation albums.
The album has been reissued with a variety of covers. A European reissue was entitled ''A Touch of Class'' and featured misleading packaging and credits that wrongly implied that the songs were performed by the later (post–1972) version of The Manhattan Transfer.
Track listing
References
External links
The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
The Manhattan Transfer albums
1971 debut albums
Capitol Records albums
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