''Live'' is the eleventh album released by

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...

. It was recorded live at the Nakano Sunplaza Hall in Japan on February 20 and 21, 1986. It was released in June 1987. This was the group's third live album, and the first live album with

Cheryl Bentyne Cheryl Bentyne (born Cheryl Benthien; January 17, 1954) is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer. Early years Bentyne started singing at age 13 with her father's Dixieland and swing band. Following graduation fr ...

in the group.

Track listing

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer *

Tim Hauser Timothy DuPron Hauser (December 12, 1941 – October 16, 2014) was a singer and founding member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. He won 10 Grammy Awards as a member of The Manhattan Transfer. Early life Hauser was born in Troy, New Y ...

Alan Paul Alan Paul Wichinsky (born November 23, 1949) is an American Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstan ...

and

Janis Siegel Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is a multiple grammy-winning American jazz singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Musical career In 1965, Siegel made her recording debut with a group called Young Generation ...

– vocals The Band * Yaron Gershovsky – keyboards, musical director * Wayne Johnson – guitars *

Alex Blake Alex Blake (born Alejandro Blake Fearon Jr., 1951) is a jazz bass player. Biography Blake was born in 1951 in Panama and moved to the United States at the age of seven, growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career with Sun Ra's band A ...

– bass guitar, acoustic bass * Buddy Williams – drums,

Yamaha Yamaha may refer to: People * Torakusu Yamaha, a Japanese businessman and founder of the Yamaha Corporation Companies * Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer ** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organi ...

BX-1 headless bass * Don Roberts – reeds Production * Producer – Tim Hauser * Recording engineer – Seigen Ono * Remix engineer –

Brian Malouf Brian Malouf (born September 8, 1955) is an American producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with acts such as Michael Jackson, Queen, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Tokio Hotel, Wolfmother, and All Time Low. Also se ...

* Mixing on Track 8 – Ed Thacker * Digital sequencing – David Collins * CD mastering – Stephen Innocenzi * Original mastering –

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and distri ...

* Art direction and design – Fayette Hauser * Remixed at Post Logic Studios (Hollywood, California) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California). * Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California).

Sources

The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
The Manhattan Transfer albums 1987 live albums Atlantic Records live albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub