All I can say is that I am a big fan, but I can see why they are losing the US
fanbase...Almost no midwest appearances, and when they do have a show somewhere
within 200 miles of where I am, the ticket prices are absolutely
outrageous...Not everyone lives on a champagne and caviar budget, and plenty of
the fans are definitely missing out.

It's a pity that we are limited to purchasing CD's and the like.  And when
contacted, they say it "isn't up to us what a venue charges" "it isn't up to us
where we play..."

Unfortunately, a 30 year fan is about to say "I like them, but it's not worth
the effort"

Shawnn

From: mantran@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mantran@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Charles Sweeney
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:35 AM
To: mantran@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ManTran] Re: Review of the concert in Perth, Scotland



Thank goodness for the fan site http://www.tmtfanclub.com !!!! The
"revamped" official site is a slow, broken and counter-intuative nightmare
that I will not be revisiting in a hurry!

Charles Sweeney

----- Original Message -----
From: "yolandazorio" <yolandazorio@...<mailto:yolandazorio%40gmail.com>>
To: <mantran@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mantran%40yahoogroups.com>>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [ManTran] Re: Review of the concert in Perth, Scotland

--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mantran%40yahoogroups.com>, "Charles
Sweeney" <charles@...> wrote:
> Concert was in Perth, not Edinburgh. Important if you live in Perth!
> I'm Scottish, living in London. Highly miffed that I missed this concert.
> I have never seen the Man Tran live. I am on this list to get notice of >
> concerts, or so I hoped, but I only got word of this one the night
> before!! Their first UK show in how long???!!
> Any advice on where to go so I would not miss such a show (I figured this
> mailing list was the best place for Man Tran news)?
> Charles Sweeney

Hi, Charles!

So sorry for the delay in replying to you and thanks for setting the record
straight. Since a couple of TMT's band members had wrote on their Facebook
walls that they had reached Edinburgh for the concert, I assumed that Perth
was only the name of the theater, without realising it was indeed the city.
Thanks for clearing this up! :-)

About recommending places to get future venue dates, you may check TMT's
newly revamped website (http://www.manhattantransfer.net/main.html), The
Manhattan Transfer Fan Club run by talented webmaster Russ Paris at
http://www.tmtfanclub.com/concerts.shtml and our space in Facebook (See
2009/2010 topics at http://tinyurl.com/y8au6un and
http://tinyurl.com/yeggfwe).

Hope it helps!

Hugs,
Jolly



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thank goodness for the fan site http://www.tmtfanclub.com !!!!  The
"revamped" official site is a slow, broken and counter-intuative nightmare
that I will not be revisiting in a hurry!

Charles Sweeney

----- Original Message -----
From: "yolandazorio" <yolandazorio@...>
To: <mantran@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [ManTran] Re: Review of the concert in Perth, Scotland





--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Sweeney" <charles@...> wrote:
> Concert was in Perth, not Edinburgh.  Important if you live in Perth!
> I'm Scottish, living in London.  Highly miffed that I missed this concert.
> I have never seen the Man Tran live.  I am on this list to get notice of >
> concerts, or so I hoped, but I only got word of this one the night
> before!! Their first UK show in how long???!!
> Any advice on where to go so I would not miss such a show (I figured this
> mailing list was the best place for Man Tran news)?
> Charles Sweeney

Hi, Charles!

So sorry for the delay in replying to you and thanks for setting the record
straight. Since a couple of TMT's band members had wrote on their Facebook
walls that they had reached Edinburgh for the concert, I assumed that Perth
was only the name of the theater, without realising it was indeed the city.
Thanks for clearing this up! :-)

About recommending places to get future venue dates, you may check TMT's
newly revamped website (http://www.manhattantransfer.net/main.html), The
Manhattan Transfer Fan Club run by talented webmaster Russ Paris at
http://www.tmtfanclub.com/concerts.shtml and our space in Facebook (See
2009/2010 topics at http://tinyurl.com/y8au6un and
http://tinyurl.com/yeggfwe).

Hope it helps!

Hugs,
Jolly

Thanks Jolly!

I checked out those sites before but thanks for the reminder!

Best wishes.

Charles Sweeney

----- Original Message -----
From: "yolandazorio" <yolandazorio@...>
To: <mantran@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [ManTran] Re: Review of the concert in Perth, Scotland





--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Sweeney" <charles@...> wrote:
> Concert was in Perth, not Edinburgh.  Important if you live in Perth!
> I'm Scottish, living in London.  Highly miffed that I missed this concert.
> I have never seen the Man Tran live.  I am on this list to get notice of >
> concerts, or so I hoped, but I only got word of this one the night
> before!! Their first UK show in how long???!!
> Any advice on where to go so I would not miss such a show (I figured this
> mailing list was the best place for Man Tran news)?
> Charles Sweeney

Hi, Charles!

So sorry for the delay in replying to you and thanks for setting the record
straight. Since a couple of TMT's band members had wrote on their Facebook
walls that they had reached Edinburgh for the concert, I assumed that Perth
was only the name of the theater, without realising it was indeed the city.
Thanks for clearing this up! :-)

About recommending places to get future venue dates, you may check TMT's
newly revamped website (http://www.manhattantransfer.net/main.html), The
Manhattan Transfer Fan Club run by talented webmaster Russ Paris at
http://www.tmtfanclub.com/concerts.shtml and our space in Facebook (See
2009/2010 topics at http://tinyurl.com/y8au6un and
http://tinyurl.com/yeggfwe).

Hope it helps!

Hugs,
Jolly

--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Sweeney" <charles@...> wrote:
> Concert was in Perth, not Edinburgh.  Important if you live in Perth!
> I'm Scottish, living in London.  Highly miffed that I missed this concert. I
have never seen the Man Tran live.  I am on this list to get notice of >
concerts, or so I hoped, but I only got word of this one the night before!!
Their first UK show in how long???!!
> Any advice on where to go so I would not miss such a show (I figured this
mailing list was the best place for Man Tran news)?
> Charles Sweeney

Hi, Charles!

So sorry for the delay in replying to you and thanks for setting the record
straight. Since a couple of TMT's band members had wrote on their Facebook walls
that they had reached Edinburgh for the concert, I assumed that Perth was only
the name of the theater, without realising it was indeed the city. Thanks for
clearing this up! :-)

About recommending places to get future venue dates, you may check TMT's newly
revamped website (http://www.manhattantransfer.net/main.html), The Manhattan
Transfer Fan Club run by talented webmaster Russ Paris at
http://www.tmtfanclub.com/concerts.shtml and our space in Facebook (See
2009/2010 topics at http://tinyurl.com/y8au6un and http://tinyurl.com/yeggfwe).

Hope it helps!

Hugs,
Jolly

Join TMT today at Macy's Holiday Window Display in Pittsburgh!

6:15pm - 6:45pm, Smithfield Street:
Holiday Window Unveiling! Enjoy a special live performance by ten time Grammy
award-winning super group, The Manhattan Transfer, as they reveal this year's
holiday windows with Pittsburgh's own iJustine, The Franklin Regional Marching
Band, The Dream Intended, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the one and only Santa
Claus!

7:15pm, Men's Deptartment, 2nd Floor
The Manhattan Transfer will autograph their 40th Anniversary Release, The Chick
Corea Songbook, with any $75 Macy's purchase!

Tune in to Channel 11 (WPXI.com) to see the group's performance!

Thanks Jolly!!!


On 11/15/09 10:55 PM, "yolandazorio" <yolandazorio@...> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In mantran@yahoogroups.com <mailto:mantran%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "manversboy" <pufnstuf1969@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > anyone got a review of the uk concert
>> > T
>
> Yep, here you have it :-):
>
> Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland:
> http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Gig-review-The-Manhattan-Transfer.58238
> 04.jp
>
> The Danish press also covered their show at the Odense Vinterjazz 2009:
> http://www.fyens.dk/article/1366073:Musik--Traefsikker-Transfer
>
> If the Transfer have played in your town and you would like to share your
> photos and videos, you're very welcome to do so at our Facebook space:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61445203122
>
Have a great week, everybody!,


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thanks for that
glad they did chanson d amour
i think in the uk they had big hits with the first 3 lps so it is nice when they
include material from these
i wish theyd do more of this with songs such as on a little street etc
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: yolandazorio
   To: mantran@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:55 AM
   Subject: [ManTran] Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland





   --- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "manversboy" <pufnstuf1969@...> wrote:
   >
   > anyone got a review of the uk concert
   > T

   Yep, here you have it :-):

   Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland:
  
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Gig-review-The-Manhattan-Transfer.5823804\
.jp

   The Danish press also covered their show at the Odense Vinterjazz 2009:
   http://www.fyens.dk/article/1366073:Musik--Traefsikker-Transfer

   If the Transfer have played in your town and you would like to share your
photos and videos, you're very welcome to do so at our Facebook space:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61445203122

   Have a great week, everybody!,
   Jolly





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Concert was in Perth, not Edinburgh.  Important if you live in Perth!

I'm Scottish, living in London.  Highly miffed that I missed this concert.
I have never seen the Man Tran live.  I am on this list to get notice of
concerts, or so I hoped, but I only got word of this one the night before!!
Their first UK show in how long???!!

Any advice on where to go so I would not miss such a show (I figured this
mailing list was the best place for Man Tran news)?

Charles Sweeney

----- Original Message -----
From: "yolandazorio" <yolandazorio@...>
To: <mantran@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:55 AM
Subject: [ManTran] Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland

--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "manversboy" <pufnstuf1969@...> wrote:
>
> anyone got a review of the uk concert
> T

Yep, here you have it :-):

Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Gig-review-The-Manhattan-Transfer.5823804\
.jp

--- In mantran@yahoogroups.com, "manversboy" <pufnstuf1969@...> wrote:
>
> anyone got a review of the uk concert
> T

Yep, here you have it :-):

Review of the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Gig-review-The-Manhattan-Transfer.5823804\
.jp

The Danish press also covered their show at the Odense Vinterjazz 2009:
http://www.fyens.dk/article/1366073:Musik--Traefsikker-Transfer

If the Transfer have played in your town and you would like to share your photos
and videos, you're very welcome to do so at our Facebook space:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61445203122

Have a great week, everybody!,
Jolly

any one else having problems with the tv show clips jumping
also any idea if this is all the songs performed on the show or is there more
anyone got a review of the uk concert
T

Los Angeles Times,Chicago Tibune... etc

http://laurelmasse.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/laurel.masse#/pages/Laurel-Masse/209054215300

Enjoy!

The Manhattan Transfer swing into Perth with a Chick Corea song to sing
========================================================================

Source:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/The-Manhattan-Transfer-swing-into.5811812\
.jp


FOUR decades haven't diminished the rich four-part harmonies and sheer verve of
The Manhattan Transfer, as audiences will discover tomorrow night when the group
play the only UK gig of their current European tour at Perth Concert Hall.
The group – whose signature tune is their Grammy Award-winning cover of the
Weather Report jazz fusion classic Birdland– are still setting lyrics to
established jazz material, as demonstrated by their latest album, The Chick
Corea Songbook (Four Quarters), which they've recorded not only with the
blessing of the influential pianist and composer, but also with his
participation, as Corea plays piano on one track, Free Samba, which he wrote
specifically for the album.

The Chick Corea Songbook, due for release in Britain in the new year, is a
richly toned and textured piece of work, including vocal settings of some of
Corea's beguiling Children's Songs, and Spain with its echoes of Rodrigo's
Concierto de Aranjuez. The group used the lyrics already written for Spain by Al
Jarreau, while writing new lyrics for the other tunes here, sometimes in
collaboration with Van Dyke Parks.

The project is something which Manhattan Transfer's founder, Tim Hauser, has
been discussing with Corea since the 1970s. Hauser says: "It's been a lot of
work, but we're very satisfied with it."

The business of putting lyrics to an already well-known tune has never been an
issue, says Hauser, referring to Killer Joe, from their double-Grammy winning
Vocalese album of 1985. "Killer Joe was a famous instrumental piece by Art
Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet, but when we did it, and Jon Hendricks wrote
the lyrics to it, we never thought of it as being a risk in the sense that it
was known already," says Hauser.

The niceties can become more interesting when it comes to "vocalese" – matching
lyrics to precisely interpret an established instrumental number or solo. "You
have to listen much more carefully, particularly to the soloists," adds Hauser,
"because there are nuances you have to catch if you really want to get it."

The Manhattan Transfer have been performing their sassy blend of jazz, pop, and
classic big band numbers in more or less their present quartet line-up since
1972, when Hauser – who had established a short-lived quintet by that name in
1969 – got together with Alan Paul, Janis Siegel and Laurel Massé. Six years
later, Massé was badly hurt in a car crash and was replaced by Cheryl Bentyne.

As they take the road again with their touring band, led by pianist and musical
director Yaron Gershovsky, Hauser, 68 next month, laughs off any suggestion of
retirement, and says they would like to return for a proper British tour when
the Corea album is released here. "It's always a nice feeling to come back to
the UK. We've come a long way from Chanson d'Amour," he says, referring to their
rather less jazzy UK hit from the Seventies.

Tomorrow's Perth gig is part of Tay Jazz, an extension of the burgeoning Dundee
Jazz Festival, which also brings the award-winning young fusion band Empirical
and Mike Maran's show about Chet Baker, A Funny Valentine, to Perth. The Dundee
festival itself, which runs from this Friday until 22 November, has a strong
programme which includes guitar virtuoso Martin Taylor in duet with singer
Alison Burns, the first UK appearance of the latest Swedish jazz star, singer
Josefine Lindstrand (who can also be heard at Peter's Yard, Edinburgh, on 21
November), the "a capella horns" quartet Brass Jaw, and the debut of a new band,
Mercy Mercy Mercy, formed by trumpeter Colin Steele and saxophonist Martin
Kershaw to play the music of Nat and Cannonball Adderley.

• For further details of Dundee Jazz Festival/Tay Jazz in Perth, see
www.jazzdundee.co.uk

Thanks Jolly,

Here's a great review from Jazz Times
(http://jazztimes.com/articles/25275-the-chick-corea-songbook-the-manhattan-tran\
sfer)

The Manhattan Transfer
The Chick Corea Songbook




           By Christopher Loudon













       Significant
as it is that the Manhattan Transfer has been around for 40 years, it
is far more remarkable that those four decades have been marked by
near-continuous artistic expansion and advancement. The Four Freshmen
and the Hi-Los can statistically claim greater longevity, but the
Manhattan Transfer must rightfully be credited as the most enduringly
creative vocal group in jazz history. The key distinction, and the
principal reason for the group’s sustainability, is that the Transfer
has not simply built upon the foundation laid by the Freshmen and the
Hi-Los. The Transfer has also drawn from all adjacent wells, cleverly
appropriating everything from big-band swing and the bop-centric
brilliance of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross to East Coast doo-wop and
the West Coast intricacy of the Mel-Tones. 
Over the course of 23 albums, (24 if you count the 1969 one-off
Jukin’), bass Tim Hauser, alto Janis Siegel, tenor Alan Paul and
soprano Cheryl Bentyne (who replaced Laurel Massé in 1976) have taken
continuous detours, rarely making a wrong turn.
Along the way, they’ve delivered more than their share of masterpieces,
including the bold, vibrant Pastiche (with Massé) and the zoot-sharp Swing. But
none, save the landmark Hendricks tribute Vocalese, can match the ingeniousness
of The Chick Corea Songbook.
In the liner notes, Siegel rightly describes it as a “magical and
transformational odyssey.” It is less an album than a series of
soul-stirring journeys, unfailingly respectful to their source while
sagely retooled to take wing in fresh directions.


Songbook opens and closes with a new Corea composition, “Free
Samba,” a transcontinental, perhaps even trans-planetary, exercise in
soaring liberty that cleverly hints at the varied adventures it
brackets. There is the innocent passage from birth to infancy shaped by
Siegel and Bentyne around “Children’s Song 1,” arranged by Fred Hersch,
whose gently tinkling keystrokes lead all four voices on a playful
calliope ride. There is the dazzlingly cacophonous circus train,
steered by Paul, which winds through “Pixiland Rag.” There is the spicy
paella of Siegel’s “The Story of Anna & Armando” (based on
“Armando’s Rhumba”) conveyed on waves of brass as it probes the deep
passion of Corea’s parents.



Hauser teams with lyricist Van Dyke Parks (the notorious, widely
misunderstood eccentric who toiled with Brian Wilson on the ill-fated
Smile) for the antithetical gems “One Step Closer” and “Another
Roadside Attraction.” The first, based on “The One Step,” is a softly
swinging world tour that ultimately crosses the Rubicon in pursuit of
pure, lasting love; the other is a hypnotic, chant-fueled inner voyage
built upon “Space Circus” to create an otherworldly carnival. Though
Corea fans will recognize Neville Potter’s lyrics for “500 Miles High”
and “Times Lie,” they’ll also surely appreciate the free-floating
expansiveness of Michele Weir’s arrangement of the former (gorgeously
accented by guest percussionist Alex Acuña) and the multilayered,
Hersch-arranged joyousness of the unfettered latter. Familiarity
reaches maximum comfort and inspiration on what languidly unfurls as a
majestic meander through Corea and Al Jarreau’s “Spain,” propelled by
fogged reveries of desire and punctuated by the suggestion of staccato
heels on hardwood.



Hauser and Paul have both commented that this project has been on
the group’s backburner since the 1970s. Would a younger, less seasoned
Manhattan Transfer have handled such material with the same care,
precision and imagination? Not likely. It has required the interceding
decades for the foursome to reach the necessary level of assured,
relaxed maturation. In other words, to paraphrase Gloria Steinem, this
is what 40 sounds like.









--- On Thu, 11/5/09, yolandazorio <yolandazorio@...> wrote:

From: yolandazorio <yolandazorio@...>
Subject: [ManTran] Melodic tribute is a very good Corea move
To: mantran@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:05 AM

Everything comes to those who wait
===================================

Source:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/melodic-tribute-is-a-very\
-good-corea-move-1.930530

The Manhattan Transfer's latest album is testament to this. An homage to one of
the greatest pianists and keyboards masters in jazz, The Chick Corea Songbook
has been in the group's plans for almost as long as their trademark lush vocal
harmony versions of songs such as Chanson d'Amour and Tuxedo Junction have been
scoring hits with the public, if not longer.

"We first met Chick in the mid-1970s," says the group's Alan Paul down the line
from Pordenone, in Italy, the first stop on the European tour that brings them
to Perth next weekend to open the new Tay Jazz event that extends Dundee Jazz
Festival upriver.

"Tim (Hauser) and Janis (Siegel) used to go and visit Chick and his wife, Gayle,
and they always talked about doing something together. But for one reason or
another, our respective schedules just never allowed this to work out, so it
remained something that we'd speak about until this summer."

Enter Yusuf Gandhi, chief executive of Four Quarters Entertainment, who 10 years
ago had the idea of getting The Manhattan Transfer to arrange their favourite
Corea tracks, but since the group were then under contract to another label, he
shelved the idea. Come June 2009, the group were free agents and, says Paul, the
time had come, although not too much time.

To listen to the album, you'd never know that it was arranged and recorded under
what Paul acknowledges were less than ideal circumstances.

"We did the whole thing in two months," he says. "We started by having each of
the four of us choose 30 tunes that we wanted to cover. We're all big Chick
Corea fans but Chick's catalogue is so vast and he goes out with so many
different projects – electric, acoustic, solo piano and so on – that we had
a job just settling on the repertoire.

"Some songs, Spain for example, we all wanted to do; others were things that Tim
and I favoured. Then once we'd decided what to sing, we realised that half of
the songs had lyrics but the other half needed lyrics, so we were having words
written for some songs as we were recording others.

"On top of that we were laying down backing tracks in New York and Los Angeles
and fitting in rehearsals in both cities between flying off for gigs in Europe.
So, yeah, it was hectic."

In the end they covered Corea on quite a few bases. There's the Latin flavour of
the original line-up of Corea's 1970s group Return to Forever in Spain (given a
very modern beat and treatment) and 500 Miles High, a cunningly reworked Space
Circus (renamed Another Roadside Attraction) from RTF's heavier period, and
Time's Lie from Corea's spell as a sideman with saxophonist Stan Getz.

There are also arrangements of solo piano compositions such as Children's Song
#1 and works from later in the 1970s, including Armando's Rhumba, with Corea
himself rubber-stamping the project with the specially composed Free Samba.

"Getting some kind of continuity was important to us and we were very fortunate
to actually have Chick play on, as well as write, Free Samba," says Paul. "That
plus the fact that Airto Moreira, Christian MacBride and Gary Novak, who have
all played with Chick at different times, were able to contribute to our album,
made it all the more satisfying and complete as a homage to a great musician."

Under normal circumstances, The Manhattan Transfer would prefer to work without
the time constraints that various tours, musicians' schedules and optimum
release dates put on The Chick Corea Songbook. Paul recalls working on their
classic album from 1985, Vocalese, a tribute to the vocal style invented by the
great Jon Hendricks in his Lambert, Hendricks and Ross trio that included the
Count Basie Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie and
Hendricks himself on its guest list.

"I think part of the reason for that album's success was due to us being able to
learn all the material before we went into the studio," he says. "We actually
took the songs we were planning to record out on a tour of clubs in the Los
Angeles area and the music evolved on the stage. So by the time we got to the
studio we'd worked out any kinks and really knew what we wanted the finished
item to sound like."

After 30 years together, more in the case of Paul, Hausier and Siegel, who were
joined by Cheryl Bentyne when she replaced Laurel Masse in 1979, the group have
evolved into a family, says Paul, and while they have to keep working hard to
make those harmonies seem effortless, some elements of their music come together
faster and more easily these days.

"We learn new material faster now," he says. "I remember doing Four Brothers on
our third album and it took a long time because we weren't that familiar with
the voicings we were using. Being better at reading music than we were back then
also helps. Like any family we have our fights and disagreements but we've
learned how to get along, to try and keep things objective and not to push the
buttons that'll cause an eruption – because we all have those.

"We've learned to appreciate what we like about each other and what we have
together, that's a gift that doesn't happen often."

The Manhattan Transfer play Perth Concert Hall on November 12. For information
on Tay Jazz and Dundee Jazz Festival, log onto: www.jazzdundee.co.uk.



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> From: yolandazorio

> Source:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/melodic-tribute-i
s-a-very-good-corea-move-1.930530
<http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/melodic-tribute-
is-a-very-good-corea-move-1.930530>

> The Manhattan Transfer's latest album is testament to this. An
> homage to one of the greatest pianists and keyboards masters in jazz,
> The Chick Corea Songbook has been in the group's plans for almost as
>long as their trademark lush vocal harmony versions of songs such as
> Chanson d'Amour and Tuxedo Junction have been scoring hits with the
public,
> if not longer. . . .

Hey Jolly,

Thanks for posting this review/interview ... It was a good read!

Take care; Jim


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Source:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/melodic-tribute-is-a-very\
-good-corea-move-1.930530

The Manhattan Transfer's latest album is testament to this. An homage to one of
the greatest pianists and keyboards masters in jazz, The Chick Corea Songbook
has been in the group's plans for almost as long as their trademark lush vocal
harmony versions of songs such as Chanson d'Amour and Tuxedo Junction have been
scoring hits with the public, if not longer.

"We first met Chick in the mid-1970s," says the group's Alan Paul down the line
from Pordenone, in Italy, the first stop on the European tour that brings them
to Perth next weekend to open the new Tay Jazz event that extends Dundee Jazz
Festival upriver.

"Tim (Hauser) and Janis (Siegel) used to go and visit Chick and his wife, Gayle,
and they always talked about doing something together. But for one reason or
another, our respective schedules just never allowed this to work out, so it
remained something that we'd speak about until this summer."

Enter Yusuf Gandhi, chief executive of Four Quarters Entertainment, who 10 years
ago had the idea of getting The Manhattan Transfer to arrange their favourite
Corea tracks, but since the group were then under contract to another label, he
shelved the idea. Come June 2009, the group were free agents and, says Paul, the
time had come, although not too much time.

To listen to the album, you'd never know that it was arranged and recorded under
what Paul acknowledges were less than ideal circumstances.

"We did the whole thing in two months," he says. "We started by having each of
the four of us choose 30 tunes that we wanted to cover. We're all big Chick
Corea fans but Chick's catalogue is so vast and he goes out with so many
different projects – electric, acoustic, solo piano and so on – that we had a
job just settling on the repertoire.

"Some songs, Spain for example, we all wanted to do; others were things that Tim
and I favoured. Then once we'd decided what to sing, we realised that half of
the songs had lyrics but the other half needed lyrics, so we were having words
written for some songs as we were recording others.

"On top of that we were laying down backing tracks in New York and Los Angeles
and fitting in rehearsals in both cities between flying off for gigs in Europe.
So, yeah, it was hectic."

In the end they covered Corea on quite a few bases. There's the Latin flavour of
the original line-up of Corea's 1970s group Return to Forever in Spain (given a
very modern beat and treatment) and 500 Miles High, a cunningly reworked Space
Circus (renamed Another Roadside Attraction) from RTF's heavier period, and
Time's Lie from Corea's spell as a sideman with saxophonist Stan Getz.

There are also arrangements of solo piano compositions such as Children's Song
#1 and works from later in the 1970s, including Armando's Rhumba, with Corea
himself rubber-stamping the project with the specially composed Free Samba.

"Getting some kind of continuity was important to us and we were very fortunate
to actually have Chick play on, as well as write, Free Samba," says Paul. "That
plus the fact that Airto Moreira, Christian MacBride and Gary Novak, who have
all played with Chick at different times, were able to contribute to our album,
made it all the more satisfying and complete as a homage to a great musician."

Under normal circumstances, The Manhattan Transfer would prefer to work without
the time constraints that various tours, musicians' schedules and optimum
release dates put on The Chick Corea Songbook. Paul recalls working on their
classic album from 1985, Vocalese, a tribute to the vocal style invented by the
great Jon Hendricks in his Lambert, Hendricks and Ross trio that included the
Count Basie Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie and
Hendricks himself on its guest list.

"I think part of the reason for that album's success was due to us being able to
learn all the material before we went into the studio," he says. "We actually
took the songs we were planning to record out on a tour of clubs in the Los
Angeles area and the music evolved on the stage. So by the time we got to the
studio we'd worked out any kinks and really knew what we wanted the finished
item to sound like."

After 30 years together, more in the case of Paul, Hausier and Siegel, who were
joined by Cheryl Bentyne when she replaced Laurel Masse in 1979, the group have
evolved into a family, says Paul, and while they have to keep working hard to
make those harmonies seem effortless, some elements of their music come together
faster and more easily these days.

"We learn new material faster now," he says. "I remember doing Four Brothers on
our third album and it took a long time because we weren't that familiar with
the voicings we were using. Being better at reading music than we were back then
also helps. Like any family we have our fights and disagreements but we've
learned how to get along, to try and keep things objective and not to push the
buttons that'll cause an eruption – because we all have those.

"We've learned to appreciate what we like about each other and what we have
together, that's a gift that doesn't happen often."

The Manhattan Transfer play Perth Concert Hall on November 12. For information
on Tay Jazz and Dundee Jazz Festival, log onto: www.jazzdundee.co.uk.

If you are a ticket holder for Wednesday October 28, 2009, you can exchange your
ticket for one of the remaining Manhattan Transfer performances.

Performance dates/times are:

     * Thursday, October 29, 7:30p.m.
     * Friday, October 30, 7:30p.m.
     * Saturday, October 31, 2p.m.
     * Saturday, October 31, 7:30p.m.

In order to exchange your tickets, please bring your existing tickets to the Box
Office between Noon and show time on any of the remaining performance dates.

Seats are available for all the remaining shows. Please exchange your tickets as
early as possible to avoid long lines before show time. Tickets exchanges are
based on best available seats.

If you have questions, please contact the Box Office, 970-221-6730.

Manhattan Transfer shows in Fort Collins to go on

Source: http://tinyurl.com/yz6265u

After cancelling Wednesday's show due to the inclement weather, Manhattan
Transfer will play as scheduled tonight through Saturday at the Lincoln Center,
417 W. Magnolia St.

Visit www.fcgov.com/lctix/ for information on exchanging Wednesday's tickets.

Due to the closure of all city facilities, today's Manhattan Transfer show at
the Lincoln Center has been canceled.

If you are a ticket holder for today's show, you can exchange your ticket for
one of the remaining performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday or Saturday, or 2
p.m. Saturday.

In order to exchange your tickets, bring your existing tickets to the Lincoln
Center box office, 417 W. Magnolia St., between noon and show time on any of the
remaining performance dates. Seats are available for all the remaining shows.
Ticket exchanges will be based on best available seats.

Ticket holders are encouraged to exchange their tickets as early as possible to
avoid long lines before show time.

Call (970) 221-6730 for more information.

Source:
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091028/UPDATES01/91028059/Today+s+Manhattan+\
Transfer+show+canceled

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INTERVIEW!
http://chataboutit.com/the-barry-z-show-podcast-episode-40/


Un abrazo.

Enrique

To those who havenąt seen/heard the Barry Z Show...
Jalala said they will be performing on the East coast in Feb. & June 2010.
Trying to keep you all updated!!
Rachel

Hmm...in Feb. TMT will be at Lincoln Center w/Jon Hendricks...could he
possibly show up w/Jalala again?!?
Stay tuned, I guess....


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I missed mentioning that CB totally gets her "swing on" on this album... she
jams!

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Tobias Reid <tobiasreid@...> wrote:

From: Tobias Reid <tobiasreid@...>
Subject: [ManTran] Cheryl's New album
To: "Mantran Yahoo group" <mantran@yahoogroups.com>, "CB Yahoo group"
<cherylbentyne@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 9:39 AM

Hello All,

I just received Cheryl's new album, "The Cole Porter Songbook" and it's really,
really, really GOOD!  So many great tracks and she seems so free and
spontaneous...you can actually  hear her smile..if that makes sense.  James
Moody is on a couple of tracks playing tenor and he sounds so good..as does the
rest of the band.  On "All Of You" she adds a vocalese of a Miles Davis solo
with lyrics by Dave Tull.   There is not a disappointing track on the CD..and,
for me, that's a rare occurrence...there usually is a track on any artists
album, I could do without.  

I shelled out the $$ for the Japanese import and I don't regret it.  I only hope
it's available here in the U.S. soon so her fans here can enjoy it.

Sound samples can be heard at hmv.co.jp (they play on my mac):

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3643475



     

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Hello All,

I just received Cheryl's new album, "The Cole Porter Songbook" and it's really,
really, really GOOD!  So many great tracks and she seems so free and
spontaneous...you can actually  hear her smile..if that makes sense.  James
Moody is on a couple of tracks playing tenor and he sounds so good..as does the
rest of the band.  On "All Of You" she adds a vocalese of a Miles Davis solo
with lyrics by Dave Tull.   There is not a disappointing track on the CD..and,
for me, that's a rare occurrence...there usually is a track on any artists
album, I could do without.  

I shelled out the $$ for the Japanese import and I don't regret it.  I only hope
it's available here in the U.S. soon so her fans here can enjoy it.

Sound samples can be heard at hmv.co.jp (they play on my mac):

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3643475





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JALALA in the Radio Show!

http://laurelmasse.blogspot.com/

ˇUn abrazo a todos!

JALALA sings live and is interviewed by Barry Z Variety Show TODAY!! Please tune
in and join us as we chew the fat with Barry!
Hora:martes, 13 de octubre de 2009 18:00
Lugar:Airs WORLDWIDE live today from 6-7PM EST via www.chataboutit.com

> From: John-ON@...

> Rachel writes...
	 >>I am still listening to the new CD, and havenąt formed many opinions yet.

	 > I confess: I don't have it yet. I guess I'm going to have to break
	 > down and order a copy because none of the shops appear to be carrying
	 > it: not even Barnes and Noble. . ., which these days appears to have the best

John,

Thought I would have to order mine from Amazon too. (I didn't want to do just
the "download" on this one.) I was shocked, SHOCKED I say when I was at Fry's
getting a bday gift for a neighbor's kid on Saturday and they actually had one
copy. Frankly, I went to look assuming they'd just have a "Very Best Of" kind of
thing. However, I haven't listened to it yet. I'll be ripping it to my Zune and
probably listening on Wednesday. Been kind of busy this weekend, even though
I've got a "long" weekend with being off today and Tuesday.

Take care all.
Jim


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OMG...sorry to post so much, but you know whatąs also available on emusic?!?
TMT singing LIVE in 2003 in the Vocal Hall of Fame Induction Concert!!
Wasnąt that w/Laurel Massé??



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Rachel writes...
>I am still listening to the new CD, and havenÂąt formed many opinions yet.

I confess: I don't have it yet.  I guess I'm going to have to break down and
order a copy because none of the shops appear to be carrying it: not even Barnes
and Noble, which these days appears to have the best CD selection. All they have
is "Very Best of...". It's criminal.

>IÂąd love to see this discussion list keep going. I like to use Facebook for
>pictures, or short, random thoughts...OR to see what the group is up to. Oh
>yeah, and to see what everyone looks like!

Facebook is very much a reflection of the times: everything is in short "news
bites". I observe my two teenage daughters and how they communicate even with
their best friends and it's all texting and IM on Facebook.  My 15 year-old will
have five or six IM sessions going on at once and she'll be switching back and
forth furiously typing away. I'll ask how she has any sort of meaningful dialog
with any of them through IM and I get the "What? Are you serious?" look. People
post their status, respond to brief (often silly) surveys and quizes, and put up
pictures.  And I'm certainly guilty as well, but to me there's really nothing to
sink your teeth into. It's impossible to get into a detailed discussion in the
FB environment. For me this forum is the place to do that when it comes to
Mantran.

... and as soon as I get the new CD I'll join in.  :)

>Done rambling

Oh, please ramble away.

John O.

Yes I very much agree with Rachel's comments.
Although I don't contribute as much as others, this forum does have a personal
feel to it.  I always look forward to the update from Tobias and others.

Long live this - the original and best forum for M.T fans!

Jeremy

Hi all,
I am still listening to the new CD, and havenąt formed many opinions yet. I
am trying to have an open mind thanks to prior comments on this list.
There are parts that are fabulous, and others that I wish I knew more about
Chick Coreaąs music to compare to so I can appreciate how the music was
created for voices.

Ok..I lie..I do have opinions...I think that the łstars˛ of this CD are the
men this time. They get both solos, and they sound great.
Itąs like...on Vibrate, I thought Cheryl stood out more because of Tutu.
And Janis canąt help but stand out : ) But this time, it goes to the men.

Iąd love to see this discussion list keep going. I like to use Facebook for
pictures, or short, random thoughts...OR to see what the group is up to. Oh
yeah, and to see what everyone looks like!

I usually try not to say anything negative, but I donąt like the TMT
łdiscussion˛ forum on Facebook. Yolanda & Russ have kept this list & the fan
site going for so many years, and itąs more personalized. I wish they would
have sent newer Facebook fans to the existing sites rather than create new
ones.

I looove the web site, but I donąt see the forum going anywhere, but at
least they are getting more exposure and more sales, I guess.

Done rambling,
Rachel


On 9/29/09 7:44 PM, "Russell Paris" <russ@...> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> On Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 11:52pm, jhkeane@...
> <mailto:jhkeane%40iprimus.com.au>  wrote:
>
>> > Having also just viewed the entire video footage from the new site
>> > one wonders when will they release this great material on dvd?  We
>> > had an anthology on cd a few years back but still nothing visual.
>
> There was the 35th Anniversary Great American Songbook (2008):
> http://tinyurl.com/ye54nsl
>
> But I'd love to see more officially released video footage.
>
>> > I was also ondering why their video promos are not on the site -
>> > not that I'm complaining - the site is truely outstanding.
>
> I also like the new website.
>
>> > Will us M.T fans still communicate through this board or will they
>> > use the new forum?
>
> I hope people will use both.
>
> So how does everyone like the new CD?  I've had it playing non-stop
> all day.  I absolutely LOVE this release.  It's a sonic treat to the
> ears.  I haven't been able to pick a favorite track or tracks yet.
> And I love the packaging, too.  Great job all around.  Tim, Janis,
> Alan and Cheryl are still the best!
>
> Russ
> http://www.tmtfanclub.com
>



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