The Manhattan Transfer - Vocalese (1985)

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Artist: The Manhattan Transfer
Title: Vocalese
Year Of Release: 1985
Label: Atlantic #7567-81266-2
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Swing
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:45:35
Total Size: 280 / 110 Mb (Full Scans ~ 104 Mb)
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Vocalese is the eighth studio album by Jazz band The Manhattan Transfer, released in 1985 on the Atlantic Records. This album is considered to be The Manhattan Transfer's most critically acclaimed album. It received 12 Grammy nominations, making it second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller as the most nominated individual album. It also received extremely high ratings from music critics, including a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating from Allmusic. The album peaked at number 2 on the Top Jazz Albums and number 74 on the Billboard 200. The album's title Vocalese refers to a style of music that sets lyrics to previously recorded jazz instrumental pieces. The vocals then reproduce the sound and feel of the original instrumentation. Jon Hendricks, proficient in this art, composed all of the lyrics for this album.

This album earned the group Grammy Awards for:
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
- Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices for Cheryl Bentyne and Bobby McFerrin for their arrangement of "Another Night In Tunisia".

It also earned Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male for Bobby McFerrin and Jon Hendricks for "Another Night In Tunisia".

Many of the Manhattan Transfer's recordings up to the point of Vocalese showed off their diversity and covered a wide variety of music, including jazz. This set was quite a bit different, for it is dedicated to the vocalese of the great Jon Hendricks. The Manhattan Transfer (singers Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) perform a dozen songs using Hendricks' lyrics, including "That's Killer Joe," "Rambo," "Ray's Rockhouse" and "Sing Joy Spring." Utilizing their regular band of the period (which includes guitarist Wayne Johnson), the Count Basie Orchestra (directed at the time by Thad Jones), the Four Freshmen (on "To You"), tenorman James Moody, Bobby McFerrin (guesting on "Night in Tunisia"), McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie (on "Sing Joy Spring"), altoist Richie Cole, and Hendricks himself, among many others, the Transfer give these boppish tunes definitive vocal treatments. This is one of their finest jazz recordings and a classic of its kind.

~ Scott Yanow, All Music

Track List:

01. That's Killer Joe [05:04]
02. Rambo [03:22]
03. Airegin [03:22]
04. To You [03:55]
05. Meet Benny Bailey [03:33]
06. Another Night In Tunisia [04:15]
07. Ray's Rockhouse [05:08]
08. Blee Blop Blues [03:05]
09. Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford [03:50]
10. Sing Joy Spring [07:12]
11. Move [02:52]

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