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After the deserved artistic, critical and popular success of Extensions, the Manhattan Transfer went back to ace producer Jay Graydon for Mecca for Moderns, which almost matches its predecessor in its contemporary energy while drawing selectively from the past. Outstanding is the handclapping treatment of the 1965 rock tune "The Boy from New York City" (a number seven hit single) and the happily swinging vocalese of the Count Basie band's "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)," although their version of Charlie Parker's difficult "Confirmation" isn't nearly as assured. There is also an ample dose of the inventive weirdness that invaded Extensions: the African/Caribbean "(Wanted) Dead or Alive," with its checklist of dictators, that segues right into a tongue-in-cheek secret agent spoof, "Spies in the Night"; or the ambitious, wordless composition "Kafka." No longer a mere nostalgia act, the Manhattan Transfer had not only caught up with the times, they were now slightly ahead of them as well.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Feldman, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Guitar, Remix Engineer, Synthesizer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Richard Page, ComposerLyricist - MARC JORDAN, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Cc, Composer
℗ 2011 1997 Flashback Records, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Andy Narell, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Remix Engineer, Synthesizer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Acuna, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Mathieson, Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Art DeCoteau, ComposerLyricist - Slinger Francisco, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Monty Norman, ComposerLyricist - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Electric Guitar, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mike Boddicker, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BILL CHAMPLIN, ComposerLyricist - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Don Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Freddie Green, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Yaron Gershovsky, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Viola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Parker, ComposerLyricist - Milcho Leviev, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Jefferson, ComposerLyricist - Ritchie Cole, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve George, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Gadd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Electric Guitar, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mike Boddicker, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Milcho Leviev, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Yaron Gershovsky, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Kafka, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
The Manhattan Transfer, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAY GRAYDON, Producer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Maschwitz, ComposerLyricist - Manning Sherwin, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hauser, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Bogan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janis Siegel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Paul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Bentyne, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bullock, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Thompson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
Album review
After the deserved artistic, critical and popular success of Extensions, the Manhattan Transfer went back to ace producer Jay Graydon for Mecca for Moderns, which almost matches its predecessor in its contemporary energy while drawing selectively from the past. Outstanding is the handclapping treatment of the 1965 rock tune "The Boy from New York City" (a number seven hit single) and the happily swinging vocalese of the Count Basie band's "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)," although their version of Charlie Parker's difficult "Confirmation" isn't nearly as assured. There is also an ample dose of the inventive weirdness that invaded Extensions: the African/Caribbean "(Wanted) Dead or Alive," with its checklist of dictators, that segues right into a tongue-in-cheek secret agent spoof, "Spies in the Night"; or the ambitious, wordless composition "Kafka." No longer a mere nostalgia act, the Manhattan Transfer had not only caught up with the times, they were now slightly ahead of them as well.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:29
- Main artists: The Manhattan Transfer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Jazz
© 1981 Craft Recordings. ℗ 1981 Craft Recordings.
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