Couldn't Be Hotter
2003 live album by The Manhattan Transfer
Couldn't Be Hotter | ||||
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Live album by The Manhattan Transfer | ||||
Released | September 2003 | |||
Recorded | December 2000 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 77:32 | |||
Label | Telarc | |||
Producer | Tim Hauser | |||
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Couldn't Be Hotter is the fifth live album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2003 on the Telarc label. This is their third live album with Cheryl Bentyne. It was recorded during a tour of Japan over two nights at Orchestra Hall in Tokyo.[1]
Reviews
- "The Transfer's first live recording in seven years. And, yes, after more than two decades in existence, they're still pretty hot."
- -- Los Angeles Times
- "A great live set by the vocal quartet who specialize in jazz vocalese, still harmonizing strongly with 30-plus years under their belts."
- -- Goldmine
- "This impressive set shows that the Transfer is still at the peak of their collective powers...it's time we acknowledged them as one of the very best of a dying breed, THE classic vocal group. This CD is proof positive . "Couldn't Be Hotter" indeed."
- -- JazzReview.com
- "Recorded in Japan, Couldn't Be Hotter fully displays the humor and soaring interplay of Hauser, Siegel, Paul, and Bentyne as they re-establish themselves as the premiere vocal quartet."
- -- Rhythm & News
Track listing
# | Song title | Composer/songwriter | length |
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1 | "Old Man Mose" | Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph | 2:46 |
2 | "Sing Moten's Swing" | Jon Hendricks, Bennie Moten, Ira Moten | 3:42 |
3 | "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald | 3:06 |
4 | "Sugar" | Sidney D. Mitchell, Edna Pinkard, Maceo Pinkard | 3:41 |
5 | "(Up A) Lazy River" | Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael | 5:38 |
6 | "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" | Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange | 5:32 |
7 | "Stars Fell on Alabama" | Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins | 4:32 |
8 | "Gone Fishin'" | Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny | 5:03 |
9 | "Blue Again" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 5:29 |
10 | "Clouds" | Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt | 7:51 |
11 | "Stompin' at Mahogany Hall" | Alan Paul, Spencer Williams | 3:08 |
12 | "Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That" | Lillian Armstrong | 6:43 |
13 | "It's Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)" | Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Alan Paul | 3:14 |
14 | "Don't Let Go" | Jesse Stone | 4:18 |
15 | "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" | Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul | 4:15 |
16 | "My Foolish Heart" | Ned Washington, Victor Young | 8:25 |
Personnel
The Manhattan Transfer
- Cheryl Bentyne – vocals
- Tim Hauser – vocals
- Alan Paul – vocals
- Janis Siegel – vocals
Musicians
- Yaron Gershovsky – keyboards, arrangements, musical director
- Wayne Johnson – guitars
- Michael Bowie – bass
- Tom Brechtlein – drums
- Larry Klimas – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Lew Soloff – trumpet
Production
- Tim Hauser – producer
- Katsu Kusakabe – producer, management director
- Rick Garcia – production coordinator
- Kevin Sproatt – engineer
- Michael Eric Hutchinson – mixing
- Robert Hadley – mastering
- Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, design
- Robert Hoffman – photography
- Nicholas Jeen – tour manager
References
- ^ "Couldn't Be Hotter". The Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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