The Symphony Sessions (The Manhattan Transfer album)

The Symphony Sessions
Studio album by
The Manhattan Transfer
ReleasedOctober 3, 2006
RecordedMarch 3–4, 6–7, 2006
StudioMultiple studios in US and Czech Republic
GenreVocal jazz, pop
LabelRhino
ProducerTim Hauser
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
An Acapella Christmas
(2005) 		The Symphony Sessions
(2006) 		The Chick Corea Songbook
(2009)

The Symphony Sessions is the twenty-first studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on October 3, 2006.[1]

Track listing

# Song title Composer/Songwriter Length
1 "Route 66" Bobby Troup 3:31
2 "Candy" Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney 3:20
3 "Embraceable You" Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin 4:14
4 "That's the Way It Goes" Raoul Cita, George Goldner, D. Parker 2:41
5 "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz 5:25
6 "Because You Are All Heart" (Movement 2: A Portrait of Ella) Alan Paul, Billy Strayhorn 5:01
7 "To You" Jon Hendricks, Thad Jones 3:44
8 "Vibrate" Rufus Wainwright 4:30
9 "Clouds (Nuages)" Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt 6:47
10 "The Quietude" Chuck Jonkey, Alan Paul 6:55
11 "The Offbeat of Avenues" Cheryl Bentyne, Don Freeman, Ian Prince 4:24
12 "Birdland" Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul 6:11

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

Musicians and Arrangements

  • Yaron Gervoshsky – grand piano, musical director, orchestral arrangements (6), orchestra director (6, 12)
  • John B. Williams – bass
  • Steve Hass – drums
  • David Glasser – saxophone
  • Scott Kreitzer – saxophone
  • Cliff Lyons – saxophone
  • Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – saxophone
  • Randy Andos – trombone
  • Michael Boschen – trombone
  • Birch Johnson – trombone
  • Jimmy Hynes – trumpet
  • Robert Millikan – trumpet
  • Dave Stahl – trumpet
  • Scott Wendholt – trumpet
  • Prague Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
  • Corey Allen – orchestra director (1-5, 7-12), orchestral arrangements (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
  • Billy Byers – orchestral arrangements (1, 2)
  • Charles Calello – orchestral arrangements (4)
  • Gil Goldstein – orchestral arrangements (8)
  • Joe Roccisano – orchestral arrangements (12)
  • Al Capps – vocal arrangements (1)
  • Fred Thaler – vocal arrangements (2)
  • Gene Puerling – vocal arrangements (3, 5, 9)
  • Dick Reynolds – vocal arrangements (7)
  • Roger Treece – vocal arrangements (8)
  • Ian Prince – vocal arrangements (11)

Production

  • Tim Hauser – producer, mastering
  • Corey Allen – orchestra producer (1-5, 7-12)
  • Yaron Gervoshsky – orchestra producer (6, 12)
  • Susumu Morikawa – executive producer
  • Manfred Knoop – tracking engineer
  • Hans Nielsen – orchestra engineer
  • Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Tom McCauley – additional engineer
  • Tom Swift – additional engineer
  • Takekazu Honda – A&R
  • Lenka Dudova – assistant administration
  • Juraj Durovic – orchestra management
  • Kiyoshi Osada – artwork
  • Junichi Yamashita – artwork coordinator
  • Joan Allen – photography
  • Michael Davenport – manager
  • Juraj Durovic – orchestra manager
  • Merlin Company – management company
Studios
  • Recorded at Knoop Music (River Edge, New Jersey); Big Surprise Music (Encino, California); Smecky Music Studios (Czech Republic).

References

  1. ^ All Music Guide entry


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