''Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo'' is the third live 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, ...
. The title is a shortening of , the Japanese transliteration of the band's name. The songs were recorded during their 1983 Japan tour to promote their album ''
Bodies and Souls
''Bodies and Souls'' was released in September 1983 by The Manhattan Transfer on the Atlantic Records label.
This album took the Manhattan Transfer in a different direction from their previous releases, offering a new, revised style of their mus ...
'' at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Theater. Some of the songs from these concerts also appeared on their 1984 album, ''
Bop Doo-Wopp
''Bop Doo-Wopp'' is the eighth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released in 1984 on the Atlantic Records label. Six of the ten tracks on ''Bop Doo-Wopp'' are live performances.
The album contains the song " Route 66" which originally app ...
''.
Track listing
# "
Birdland" – (
Joe Zawinul
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Jon Hendricks) – 5:15
# "
Route 66
U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The h ...
" – (
Bobby Troup) – 3:34
# "Jeannine" – (
Duke Pearson
Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ''Allmusic'' describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record produ ...
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Oscar Brown Jr.) – 5:44
# "Malaise en Malaisie" – (Alain Chamfort,
Serge Gainsbourg
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Alan Paul) – 3:54
# "Trickle Trickle" – (Clarence Bassett) – 2:25
# "
Boy from New York City" – (John Taylor, George Davis) – 3:44
# "This Independence" – (
John Capek,
Marc Jordan) – 5:12
# "Foreign Affair" – (
Tom Waits) – 4:05
# "
Body and Soul" – (
Johnny Green
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Frank Eyton
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Edward Heyman,
Robert Sour) – 4:28
# "
Blue Champagne" – (
Frank Ryerson,
Grady Watts, Jimmy Eaton) – 2:34
# "
How High the Moon" – (
Nancy Hamilton,
Morgan Lewis) – 2:16
# "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" – (
Bernard Herrmann,
Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) – 5:03
# "
Four Brothers" – (
Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks) – 3:49
# "Operator" – (William Spivery) – 3:00
# "Spice of Life" – (Derek Bramble,
Rod Temperton) – 3:32
# "
Tuxedo Junction" – (
Erskine Hawkins,
William Johnson,
Buddy Feyne,
Julian Dash) – 2:42
[The disc contained a seventeenth untitled track with the group's final reprise to the tune of "Birdland".]
References
External links
The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
The Manhattan Transfer albums
1997 live albums
Atlantic Records live albums
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