The Junction (The Manhattan Transfer album)
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| Released | March 30, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Leapyear Studio, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Crossover jazz | |||
| Label | BMG Rights Management | |||
| Producer | Mervyn Warren | |||
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The Junction is the twenty-third studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released on March 30, 2018. This is their first album in nine years since their last album; The Chick Corea Songbook.
It was the first album by the group to feature Trist Curless on bass following the death of Tim Hauser in 2014.[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cantaloop (Flip Out!)" | Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Kelly, Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)" | Don Breithaupt, Alan Paul | 3:11 |
| 3. | "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" | Andy Partridge | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Blues for Harry Bosch" | Cheryl Bentyne, Grace Kelly | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Shake Ya Boogie" | Adam Dorn, Janis Siegel, Mervyn Warren | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Sometimes I Do" | Warren | 4:54 |
| 7. | "Ugly Man" | Rickie Lee Jones | 4:48 |
| 8. | "The Junction" | Trist Curless, Christopher Harrison, Warren | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Tequila/The Way of the Booze" | Daniel Flores, Paul | 3:04 |
| 10. | "The Paradise Within (Paradise Found)" | Les Baxter, Paul | 5:00 |
Personnel
[edit]The Manhattan Transfer
- Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangement (2, 9), keyboards (2)
- Cheryl Bentyne – vocals
- Janis Siegel – vocals
- Trist Curless – vocals
Musicians
- Mervyn Warren – vocal arrangement (all tracks), horn arrangement (2, 3, 9), string arrangement (6), drum programming (all tracks), keyboards (all tracks), bass (2)
- Brian Benning – strings (6, 9, 10)
- Don Breithaupt – keyboards (2), drum programming (2)
- Can Canbolat – strings (6, 10)
- Adam Dorn (credited as Mocean Worker) – keyboards (5), drum programming (5)
- Eddie Ellis – guitar (2)
- Brandon Fields – saxophone (2, 3, 9)
- Scott Frankfurt – drums (4), percussion (4)
- Yaron Gershovsky – piano (1)
- Christopher Harrison – keyboards (8), drum programming (8)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 6, 9)
- Grace Kelly – saxophone (4)
- Luisito Quintero – percussion (7)
- Ray Reinebach – strings (10)
- Jen Simone – strings (6)
- Knox Summerour – flugelhorn (3), trumpet (9)
Production
- Mervyn Warren – producer
References
[edit]- ^ Collar, Matt. "The Manhattan Transfer – The Junction". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Junction". The Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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