''The Symphony Sessions'' is the twenty-first studio album released 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, ...

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Track listing

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer *

Cheryl Bentyne Cheryl Bentyne (born January 17, 1954) is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer. Early years Bentyne started singing at age 13 with her father's Dixieland and swing band. Following graduation from Mount Vernon Hi ...

– vocals, vocal arrangements (11) *

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 ...

– vocals, vocal arrangements (4) *

Alan Paul Alan Paul Wichinsky (born November 23, 1949, Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the current incarnation of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Education Raised in ...

– vocals, vocal arrangements (6, 10) *

Janis Siegel Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is an American jazz singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Musical career In 1965, Siegel made her recording debut with a group called Young Generation on Red Bird Records. Af ...

– vocals, vocal arrangements (2, 6, 12) Musicians and Arrangements * Yaron Gervoshsky – grand piano, musical director, orchestral arrangements (6), orchestra director (6, 12) * John B. Williams – bass *

Steve Hass Steve Hass (born May 11, 1975) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Island Park, New York, born to Greek immigrant parents from Athens. He is notable for his technical skill, time feel, and his musical versatility, hav ...

– drums * David Glasser – saxophone * Scott Kreitzer – saxophone * Cliff Lyons – saxophone * Roger Rosenberg – saxophone * Andy Snitzer – saxophone * Randy Andos – trombone * Michael Boschen – trombone *

Birch Johnson Birch "Crimson Slide" Johnson (born 1953 in Dublin, Georgia) is an American trombonist. He is a first call studio trombonist, Emmy-nominated composer, producer and songwriter based in New York City. He graduated from the University of Alabama, rec ...

– trombone * Jimmy Hynes – trumpet * Robert Millikan – trumpet *

Dave Stahl Dave Stahl (born January 23, 1949) is an American jazz and big band trumpeter, known mainly for his lead trumpet work with the bands of Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, and Liza Minnelli. Career Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Stahl studied trumpet with ...

– trumpet *

Scott Wendholt Scott Wendholt (born July 21, 1965) is an American jazz trumpeter born in Patuxent River, Maryland. Wendholt was raised in Denver, where he began playing trumpet when he was eight years old. He took a bachelor's degree at Indiana University in 198 ...

– trumpet * Prague Symphony Orchestra – orchestra * Corey Allen – orchestra director (1-5, 7-12), orchestral arrangements (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11) * Billy Byers – orchestral arrangements (1, 2) * Charles Calello – orchestral arrangements (4) *

Gil Goldstein Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 time Biography He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence We ...

– orchestral arrangements (8) * Joe Roccisano – orchestral arrangements (12) * Al Capps – vocal arrangements (1) * Fred Thaler – vocal arrangements (2) *

Gene Puerling Eugene Thomas Puerling (March 31, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was a vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Puerling created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited. He was awarded a Grammy Awa ...

– vocal arrangements (3, 5, 9) * Dick Reynolds – vocal arrangements (7) * Roger Treece – vocal arrangements (8) * Ian Prince – vocal arrangements (11)

Production

* Tim Hauser – producer, mastering * Corey Allen – orchestra producer (1-5, 7-12) * Yaron Gervoshsky – orchestra producer (6, 12) * Susumu Morikawa – executive producer * Manfred Knoop – tracking engineer * Hans Nielsen – orchestra engineer * Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal engineer, mixing, mastering * Tom McCauley – additional engineer * Tom Swift – additional engineer * Takekazu Honda – A&R * Lenka Dudova – assistant administration * Juraj Durovic – orchestra management * Kiyoshi Osada – artwork * Junichi Yamashita – artwork coordinator * Joan Allen – photography * Michael Davenport – manager * Juraj Durovic – orchestra manager * Merlin Company – management company ;Studios * Recorded at Knoop Music (River Edge, New Jersey); Big Surprise Music (Encino, California); Smecky Music Studios (Czech Republic).

References

External links

The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
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