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Swing (The Manhattan Transfer album)

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Swing
Studio album with a live track
by
ReleasedJune 1997
VenueRyman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee (track 13)
StudioMultiple studios in US and France
GenreVocal jazz
Length44:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerTim Hauser
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo
(1996)
Swing
(1997)
Boy from New York City and Other Hits
(1997)

Swing is the seventeenth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a collection of 1930s and 1940s swing music with The Manhattan Transfer's jazz twist. The album also features a guest appearance by Stéphane Grappelli, one of his last recordings before his death.

Track listing

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# Title Writers Length
1 "Stomp of King Porter" Jelly Roll Morton, Jon Hendricks 3:12
2 "Sing a Study in Brown" Count Basie, Larry Clinton, Jon Hendricks 2:51
3 "Sing Moten's Swing" Jon Hendricks, Buster Moten, Bennie Moten 3:36
4 "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald. 2:57
5 "I Know Why (And So Do You)" Harry Warren, Mack Gordon 3:34
6 "Sing You Sinners" Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling 2:45
7 "Java Jive" Ben Oakland, Milton Drake 2:51
8 "Down South Camp Meetin' " Fletcher Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Irving Mills 3:15
9 "Topsy" Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham 3:14
10 "Clouds (Nuages)" Django Reinhardt, Jon Hendricks 7:12
11 "Skyliner" Charlie Barnet 3:11
12 "It's Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)" Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Alan Paul 3:11
13 "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" [live] Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Vaughn Horton 3:00

Guest artists

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Cover Art

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The cover art for Swing comes from a matchbook cover advertising "Hollywood's Jitterbug House" which was located at 875 North Vine Street in Hollywood. This venue featured Louis Prima and his band.

Personnel

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The Manhattan Transfer

Additional personnel

Production

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  • Tim Hauser – producer
  • Ray Benson – associate producer (3–4, 7)
  • Jeff Levine – tracking engineer
  • Emmanuel Payet – tracking engineer
  • Alan Schuman – tracking engineer
  • Larry Seyer – tracking engineer
  • Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal tracking
  • Terry Becker – additional recording, mixing (13)
  • Tom McCauley – additional recording
  • Kent Bruce – assistant engineer
  • Paul Dicato – assistant engineer
  • Steve Lowery – assistant engineer
  • Tony Rambo – assistant engineer
  • Brent Reilly – assistant engineer
  • Ed Cherney – mixing (1-12)
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Thomas Bricker – art direction, design
  • Michael Tighe – photography
  • Jack White –project coordinator, management

Studios

  • Tracks 1-12 recorded at Red Zone Studios (Burbank, California); Goldmine Studio (Tarzana, California); Moving Hands Studios (Los Angeles, California); Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee); Bismeaux Studios (Austin, Texas); Unique Recording Studios (New York City, New York); Studio Acousti (Paris, France).

Venue

  • Mixed at Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) and Andora Studios (Hollywood, California).
  • Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

References / Sources

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Specific
  1. ^ "Swing - The Manhattan Transfer - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 25 November 2017.