Manhattan Transfer & New York Voices - Vocalese - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano, Piazza della Riforma Lugano, Switzerland, July 02, 2011

Grammy® award-winning vocal groups The Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices  brought their jazz stylings in Estival Jazz Lugano last July 02, 2011.

After releasing a few albums on Columbia Records, the Manhattan Transfer were signed to Atlantic Records by the legendary head of the label, Ahmet Ertegun. Their self-titled debut for that label was released in 1975 and yielded the quartet a top 25 Billboard single ('Operator') and a one-hour variety show on CBS television.

The first album featuring the current lineup of Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul & Cheryl Bentyne was 1979’s Extensions and included a vocal remake of the Weather Report classic 'Birdland'. 'Birdland' would go on to be considered the group’s theme song, and earn Manhattan Transfer their first two Grammy Awards. In 1981, they became the first group ever to win Grammy Awards in both Pop and Jazz categories in the same year. In 1985, the group received an amazing 12 Grammy nominations for the album Vocalese.


New York Voices, founded in 1987, is a Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble renowned for the "art of group singing." The Voices have performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Blue Note Jazz Clubs (New York, Milan, Tokyo).  The Voices have performed with a variety of artists including Patti Austin, George Benson, the Boston Pops and the Count Basie Orchestra and continue to tour with both Paquito D’Rivera and Ivan Lins, presenting two independent programs of Brazilian music.


Got this copy in High Definition format -TS-H.264-1920X720p. The video is ultra clear and the audio is in it's finest tune -AC-3-2 CHANNEL.  The blending of their voices is just marvelous! The concert lasted for 1:09:34 hours.



TRACKLIST:

01 MY DESIRE
02 BAHIA aka HEAR THE VOICES
03 STUDY IN BROWN
04 CORNER POCKET
05 POINCIANA aka THE SONG OF THE TREE
06 JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE
07 TUTU
08 SIDEWINDER
09 SOUL FOOD TO GO
10 TO YOU
11 CARAVAN (male singers only)
12 OFFBEAT OF AVENUE (female singers only)
13 BIRDLAND

Lineup Manhattan Transfer:

Tim Hauser: vocals
Janis Siegel: vocals
Cheryl Bentyne: vocals
Alan Paul: vocals

Lineup New York Voices:

Darmon Meader: vocals
Lauren Kinhan: vocals
Peter Elridge: vocals
Kim Nazarian: vocals