LoginThe Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer
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This is an excellent collection of many of the high points of the Manhattan Transfer's first decade, demonstrating both their reach and their grasp as they draw material from swing, modern jazz, and doo-wop into their own distinctive style. There's a tongue-in-cheek cool that connects the swing of Erskine Hawkins's "Tuxedo Junction" to the elemental girl-group harmonies of "Boy from New York City" and the TV themes like "Route 66" and the variations on the "Twilight Zone." More traditional jazz skills, though, are apparent in their renditions of some Jon Hendricks vocal classics. Composer
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Manufacturer: Atlantic
Release date: 1 February 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227156022 UPC: 081227156022
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Release date: 1 February 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227156022 UPC: 081227156022
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