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| Manhattan Transfer Make Long-awaited Returns To The Studio Award winning jazz vocal group, Manhattan Transfer, are currently in the studio finalizing 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. THE CHICK COREA SONGBOOK is scheduled for digital release the third week of August and will be released nationally on September 29 on respected specialty label FOUR This marks the vocal quartets first new original work in five years - as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary in the entertainment industry. MANHATTAN TRANSFER has been a major staple both within the jazz community and the mainstream music community for four decades, with their genre defying sound. The critically acclaimed vocal group has been able to enlighten listeners by bringing different genres of music to the forefront of the jazz. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |