Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo

Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo
Live album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released	1996
Recorded	Nov. 22 & 23, 1983
Genre	Vocal jazz
Label	Rhino
Producer	Stephen K. Peeples, James Austin, Tim Hauser & Jack White
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Tonin' (1995) Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo (1996) Swing (1997)

Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo is the third live album released by The Manhattan Transfer. The title is a shortening of Manhattan Toransufā (マンハッタン・トランスファー^?), the Japanese transliteration of the band's name. The songs were recorded during their 1983 Japan tour to promote their album Bodies and Souls at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Theater. Some of the songs from these concerts also appeared on their 1984 album, "Bop Doo-Wopp".

Track listing

1. Birdland - (Joe Zawinul, Jon Hendricks) - 5:15
2. Route 66 - (Bobby Troup) - 3:34
3. Jeannine - (Duke Pearson, Oscar Brown, Jr.) - 5:44
4. Malaise en Malaisie - (Alain Chamfort, Serge Gainsbourg, Alan Paul) - 3:54
5. Trickle Trickle - (Clarence Bassett) - 2:25
6. Boy from New York City - (John Taylor, George Davis) - 3:44
7. This Independence - (John Capek, Marc Jordan) - 5:12
8. Foreign Affair - (Tom Waits) - 4:05
9. Body and Soul - (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 4:28
10. Blue Champagne - (Frank Ryerson, Grady Watts, Jimmy Eaton) - 2:34
11. How High the Moon - (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 2:16
12. Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone - (Bernard Herrmann, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) - 5:03
13. Four Brothers - (Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks) - 3:49
14. Operator - (William Spivery) - 3:00
15. Spice of Life - (Bramble, Rod Temperton) - 3:32
16. Tuxedo Junction - (Buddy Fayne, William Johnson, Julian Dash, Erskine Hawkins) - 2:42^[1][2][3]

References

1. ^ The disc contains a seventeenth untitled track with the group's final reprise to the tune of Birdland.
2. ^ http://www.manhattantransfer.net/main.html
3. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000033RK

Sources

• The Manhattan Transfer Official Website (requires Flash)