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The Manhattan Transfer
may be available for your next special event!
Vocal Group Hall of Fame
-- inducted 1998
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Manhattan Transfer founder, Tim Hauser,
died October 16, 2014. He was 72. |
 For more than 30 years, the quartet of Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul and Cheryl Bentyne have combined their voices into an incomparable four-part harmony that has consistently set new standards for vocal music.
 Spanning 20 albums, Manhattan Transfer has
earned a total of eight Grammy Awards (plus Janis and Cheryl's
individual arranger Grammys), and worldwide sales in the millions.
Veterans of numerous sold-out world tours, they also
reigned supreme as the "Best Vocal Group" for an entire decade
(1980 -1990) in the annual down beat and Playboy jazz polls –
winning once again in Playboy's '92 poll.
Since their inception, The Manhattan Transfer
have refused to limit themselves to one type of music. "Our
signature is clearly four-part harmony," explains Tim Hauser.
"We based our voicings on the structure of the sax section of the
Count Basie Band – blending soprano, alto, tenor and bass
voices."
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The Manhattan Transfer
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Richard De La Font in Moscow, Russia |
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Contemporary music's premier vocal ensemble continue
to push the envelope. They have conquered the vocal intricacies of jazz,
R&B, doo-wop, Brazilian, and rock 'n' roll, and have put their
unique spin on the classic sounds of Swing.
Times and fashion may change, but the music of The
Manhattan Transfer is truly eternal.
Hit songs include --
- Boy From New York City
- Twilight Zone
- Spice of Life
- Mystery
- Baby Come Back To Me
- Operator
- Route 66
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
- Trickle Trickle
The Manhattan Transfer may be available for your next special event!
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Genre: Jazz
Styles:
.Adult Contemporary. / AdultContemporary
.Vocal Jazz. / VocalJazz
.Mainstream Jazz. / MainstreamJazz
.Contemporary Jazz. / ContemporaryJazz
.Pop. / xPop
.Bop. / xBop
.Vocalese. / xVocalese
.Post-Bop. / PostBop
.Harmony Vocal Group. / HarmonyVocalGroup
Years active:
x70s, x80s, x90s, x00s, x10s
Formed: ..in New York / formed nNewYork
Formed: ..in New York
City / formed NewYorkNY
Formed: in 1969
Based: ..in US
Tag: Jewish
Musical Artists, xJewish, .Orchestra charts available. / OrchestraCharts
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