The Symphony Sessions (The Manhattan Transfer album)
# The Symphony Sessions (The Manhattan Transfer album)

The Symphony Sessions is the twenty-first studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on October 3, 2006.

## Track listing

| # | Song title | Composer/Songwriter | Length |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | "Route 66" | Bobby Troup | 3:31 |
| 2 | "Candy" | Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney | 3:20 |
| 3 | "Embraceable You" | Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin | 4:14 |
| 4 | "That's the Way It Goes" | Raoul Cita, George Goldner, D. Parker | 2:41 |
| 5 | "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz | 5:25 |
| 6 | "Because You Are All Heart" (Movement 2: A Portrait of Ella) | Alan Paul, Billy Strayhorn | 5:01 |
| 7 | "To You" | Jon Hendricks, Thad Jones | 3:44 |
| 8 | "Vibrate" | Rufus Wainwright | 4:30 |
| 9 | "Clouds (Nuages)" | Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt | 6:47 |
| 10 | "The Quietude" | Chuck Jonkey, Alan Paul | 6:55 |
| 11 | "The Offbeat of Avenues" | Cheryl Bentyne, Don Freeman, Ian Prince | 4:24 |
| 12 | "Birdland" | Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul | 6:11 |

## Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

* Cheryl Bentyne – vocals, vocal arrangements (11)
* Tim Hauser – vocals, vocal arrangements (4)
* Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangements (6, 10)
* Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangements (2, 6, 12)

Musicians and Arrangements

* Yaron Gervoshsky – grand piano, musical director, orchestral arrangements (6), orchestra director (6, 12)
* John B. Williams – bass
* Steve Hass – drums
* David Glasser – saxophone
* Scott Kreitzer – saxophone
* Cliff Lyons – saxophone
* Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
* Andy Snitzer – saxophone
* Randy Andos – trombone
* Michael Boschen – trombone
* Birch Johnson – trombone
* Jimmy Hynes – trumpet
* Robert Millikan – trumpet
* Dave Stahl – trumpet
* Scott Wendholt – trumpet
* Prague Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
* Corey Allen – orchestra director (1-5, 7-12), orchestral arrangements (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
* Billy Byers – orchestral arrangements (1, 2)
* Charles Calello – orchestral arrangements (4)
* Gil Goldstein – orchestral arrangements (8)
* Joe Roccisano – orchestral arrangements (12)
* Al Capps – vocal arrangements (1)
* Fred Thaler – vocal arrangements (2)
* Gene Puerling – vocal arrangements (3, 5, 9)
* Dick Reynolds – vocal arrangements (7)
* Roger Treece – vocal arrangements (8)
* Ian Prince – vocal arrangements (11)

### Production

* Tim Hauser – producer, mastering
* Corey Allen – orchestra producer (1-5, 7-12)
* Yaron Gervoshsky – orchestra producer (6, 12)
* Susumu Morikawa – executive producer
* Manfred Knoop – tracking engineer
* Hans Nielsen – orchestra engineer
* Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal engineer, mixing, mastering
* Tom McCauley – additional engineer
* Tom Swift – additional engineer
* Takekazu Honda – A&R
* Lenka Dudova – assistant administration
* Juraj Durovic – orchestra management
* Kiyoshi Osada – artwork
* Junichi Yamashita – artwork coordinator
* Joan Allen – photography
* Michael Davenport – manager
* Juraj Durovic – orchestra manager
* Merlin Company – management company

**Studios**

* Recorded at Knoop Music (River Edge, New Jersey); Big Surprise Music (Encino, California); Smecky Music Studios (Czech Republic).
