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| FYC The Manhattan Transfer With WDR Funkhausorchester Fifty GRAMMY Awards For Your Consideration The Manhattan Transfer's 50th Anniversary album, "FIFTY" BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM - The Manhattan Transfer With WDR Funkhausorchester, FIFTY BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENT, AND VOCALS - Vince Mendoza (Orchestration) and Blake Morgan (Vocals), Agua, FIFTY BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENT, AND VOCALS - Jorge Calandrelli (Orchestration) and Janis Siegel (Vocals), On A Little Street In Singapore, FIFTY BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENT, AND VOCALS - Andrew Kesler (Orchestration) and Amanda Taylor (Vocals), God Only Knows, FIFTY BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENT, AND VOCALS - Vince Mendoza (Orchestration) and Alan Paul (Vocals), Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone, FIFTY BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENT, AND VOCALS - Yaron Gershovsky (Orchestration) and Alan Paul (Vocals), The Man I Love, FIFTY BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL - Gabriel De Sant'anna and Georg Niehusmann, FIFTY PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL - David Thomas, FIFTY The Manhattan Transfer - Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul, and Trist Curless - celebrates 50 years with a collection of songs - some reimagined favorites, even something new - all with symphony, the WDR Funkhausorchter with whom they've performed. With performances alongside Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald and so many more, the group wanted to share harmony - the harmony in their new recording, to share the harmony of bringing people together in this dedicated recording to founder Tim Hauser, and Laurel Masse. This recording is their love letter to their fans over 50 years, to the many honors and awards they've received, and celebrating a career spanning 50 years! IN THE FALL OF '72 ... It's been fifty years since Tim Hauser, a former Madison Avenue marketing executive, paid his bills by driving a New York City cab while aspiring to form a harmony vocal quartet sui generis that could authentically embrace varied musical styles, and still create something wholly unique in the field of American popular song. A LEGACY OF SONG Signed to Atlantic Records by the legendary head of the label, Ahmet Ertegun, the group released their self-titled debut in 1975; the second single from the album, a remake of the Friendly Brothers gospel classic "Operator, " gave the group their first national hit. "Operator" took radio stations by storm, from the opening four-part a cappella intro to Siegel's emotional lead vocal, eventually peaking in the Top 20. write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |