Blue Note Jazz Club (New York City, NY)
Blue Note Jazz Club presents The Manhattan Transfer. Internationally renowned for their smooth harmonies and vocal arrangements, their hits include "Birdland" and "The Boy from New York City," and their 1985 album Vocalese received twelve Grammy nominations, the second-most in history. Celebrating their 40th anniversary, they'll perform songs from their upcoming album The Chick Corea Songbook.
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The last date listed for The Manhattan Transfer was Sunday September 20, 2009 / 10:30pm. (view all dates)
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We got great seats near the stage even tho we didn't get there until 7:40 and the place was almost full. TMT is still fabulous and sang a wide variety from their repertoire including a few songs from a new album using Chick Corea's music to which they wrote words. Great personalities, fun crowd, mixed ages. Great French onion soup and good service. Only complaint. The set wasn't long enough. Could have listened for hours.
Fabulous. I first saw them 35 years ago, and their voices are better than ever, as are their emotional and musical connectedness. They clearly love playing a small room. A total thrill.
I and my party were in ecstasy - attending both shows of the Manhattan Transfer, and could have stayed listening to them forever! They can't come to town often enough to suit us!! It was beyond fabulous!!!
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Since its inception in 1981, Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the world and a cultural institution in Greenwich Village. Owner and founder Danny Bensusan had a vision to create a jazz club in Greenwich Village that would treat deserving artists with respect, while allowing patrons to see the world's finest jazz musicians in a close, comfortable setting. Artists who had stop
Janis Siegel, vocals
Tim Hauser, vocals
Cheryl Bentyne, vocals
Alan Paul, vocals
The Manhattan Transfer returns to the Blue Note for their 40th Anniversary in the entertainment industry and in anticipation of their upcoming CD, to be released on September 29, entitled The Chick Corea Songbook.
In its formative years, the group developed a strong cult following while playing such New York clubs as Trude Heller's, Reno Sweeney, and Max's Kansas City. In 1975 they cut their Atlantic debut album, The Manhattan Transfer, and landed their own highly experimental television show on CBS. They were particularly successful in Europe, where their next two albums, Coming Out and Pastiche, brought them a string of top 10 hits. A live album, The Manhattan Transfer Live, soon followed.
Their next album, Extensions, earned them their first domestic pop hit: "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone," penned by Alan Paul and Jay Graydon featuring their version of the hit song “Birdland.” The most played jazz record of 1980, "Birdland" brought The Transfer their first Grammy award (Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental), and the award for Best Arrangement For Voices, which Janis took home.
In 1981, The Manhattan Transfer made music history by becoming the first group to win Grammy Awards in both pop and jazz categories in the same year. However, it was the 1985 release of Vocalese, produced by Tim Hauser, that became known as the group's tour de force effort. Jon Hendricks, the recognized master of this art, composed all the lyrics for the album. "Vocalese" received 12 Grammy nominations -- at the time making it second only to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the most nominated single album ever. Since then they have recorded a number of successful albums on various labels.
Now, the Grammy-Award winning jazz vocal group is returning to the Blue Note in anticipation of their new release The Chick Corea Songbook, a record inspired by the classic work of jazz great Chick Corea. The CD features fresh and exciting vocal interpretations of many popular and brilliant Chick Corea compositions, and also includes a new Corea original entitled Free Samba which was written specially for this album. The forthcoming release also features special guest appearances by some of the finest musicians in the industry (in addition to Corea), Airto, Alex Acuna, Christian McBride, Fred Hersch, Edsel Gomez and Lou Marini among others.