The Junction (The Manhattan Transfer album)
2018 studio album by The Manhattan Transfer
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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
Title Writer(s) 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 , Paul3:04 10. "The Paradise Within (Paradise Found)" Les Baxter , Paul5:00
Personnel
The Manhattan Transfer
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
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles