CD Import

Swing

The Manhattan Transfer

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Catalogue Number
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7567.83012
Number of Discs
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1
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CD

Product Description

A study in the nature of swing, the Transfer have recorded a definitive musical treatise on the topic. Using their voices as instruments-specifically, the horn and reed sections-the group performs material that could be categorized broadly as either urban or rural swing. For example, on A-Ticket, A-Tasket, (featuring Asleep at the Wheel) the instrumentation includes steel guitar and fiddles. Java Jive is performed at a more relaxed tempo and with a warmer feel. Long time Manhattan Transfer collaborator Jon Hendricks stepped up to write lyrics to Jelly Roll Morton's King Porter Stomp and Basie's A Study in Brown. Clouds (music by Django Reinhardt) features a splendid violin solo by Stephane Grappelli and a breathy vocal solo passage that evokes the atmosphere of a smoky Paris nightclub. Wonderful listening.

Track List   

  • 01. Stomp of King Porter (03:12)
  • 02. Sing a Study in Brown (02:51)
  • 03. Sing Moten's Swing (03:36)
  • 04. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (02:57)
  • 05. I Know Why (And So Do You) (03:34)
  • 06. Sing You Sinners (02:45)
  • 07. Java Jive (02:51)
  • 08. Down South Camp Meetin' (03:15)
  • 09. Topsy (03:14)
  • 10. Clouds (07:12)
  • 11. Skyliner (03:11)
  • 12. It's Good Enought to Keep (Air Mail Special) (03:11)
  • 13. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (03:00)

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